Students and parents will have become familiar with Sparx Maths over the course of this term as we've transitioned from Hegarty Maths to the new platform, which incorporates much of the work of Hegarty. Maths homework is now set from Sparx Maths, with questions based on topics being covered in...
Earlier this month our Year 13 Performing Arts students staged a production of Sophocles' Greek tragedy, Antigone, in the school's Studio Theatre. Antigone is the 3rd instalment in the Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles and centres around the 2 main characters - Antigone and Creon and the decisions they both make...
One of our Sixth Form students, Olivia, spent her October half-term visiting Nepal with the charity Lincs2Nepal. The charity was founded in 2009 and since then has run numerous projects within the country, including children's homes, supporting a children's HIV centre as well as running a major disaster relief programme...
We had another former student visit us last term, but this time in a completely different capacity. Dr Matt Lawson, a Senior Lecturer in Music at Oxford Brookes University, revisited his alma mater to give a lecture to GCSE and A level students on music in films. Film scores, and...
We were delighted to welcome back Dr Gordon Walsh after almost 80 years. Dr Walsh visited in March with his two daughters and had a tour of the East Wing, formerly Malton Grammar School, which he attended from 1936 to 1942. Whilst there have been many additions and changes to...
Our Year 11 Public Speaking Team were in action the other week in the northern final of the English Speaking Union competition held at Leeds Grammar School. The amazing team of Martha, Edward and Scarlett faced some very stiff competition as they took on the roles of speaker, chair and...
World Book Day, quite literally a day marked in over 100 countries world-wide, started in April 1995, and was first celebrated in the UK in 1997. Created by UNESCO its aim is to be a celebration of books and reading and to encourage young people to discover a love of...
