On Wednesday 16 November, 12 students entered the ‘Young Chef’ competition and cooked a main dish and dessert for two teachers of their choice. This challenging but fun experience developed practical skills and timing. The students had just over 2 hours and to cook their dishes then serve the teachers.
On Thursday 10 November, two teams from Year 9 attended the regional finals of the Raytheon Quadcopter Competition. Teams of four students were challenged to design, build, modify, and fly a quadcopter to compete in the UK wide competition run by Raytheon UK.
Update: In order to save postage costs we are now presenting awards in school to students rather than posting them home. Parents will receive an email letting them know their child has been awarded a certificate. Do ask your child to see it!
Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough they will persevere.
Well done to the sisters Lucy and Charlie who competed at the Head of the Don. Lucy won the WJ18 single race and Charlie won in the WJ17 coxless quad.
On the 11 November 2022 we had a visit from an outside speaker Mrs Rachel Enstone in our Year 10 Geography lesson. She discussed what it was like living in Tokyo, a megacity located 480km away from the Tohoku region in Japan - but what is the Tohoku region, and why is it relevant?
Imogen 10LM has recently been selected for the NLD (Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire & Derbyshire) U16 England RFU Developing Player Programme.
Imogen plays as a winger for Newark RUFC, and took part in the NLD trials during September and October. She is one of 32 girls from across the three counties to be selected to play for the ERDPP.
Well done Imogen!
Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough they will persevere.
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