At the end of February, a group of Sixth Form Humanities students visited London to learn more about the history, politics and economics of the UK. The two-day whistle-stop trip took in the Houses of Parliament, the Supreme Court and Bank of England. Lily Baum, an A level Economics student writes: “When...
Students from Malton School have won through to the national finals of three separate and prestigious debating competitions to be held over the next three weeks. This coming weekend Iona Spence and Laura Mackay travel to Oxford for the Oxford Union Schools’ Debating Competition finals. This is the largest schools’ debating...
Following the huge earthquake in February which devastated parts of Turkey and Syria, one of Malton School’s Sixth Form students, decided to organise a fundraising event to support the aid effort. Shahd, who was born in Syria but has lived in Ryedale since she was a young child, still has...
A group of 17 students from the Sixth Form, all studying for either an A level in Physical Education or a BTEC in Sport, put their fitness levels to the test at York St John University last week. Understanding and taking part in controlled fitness assessments form part of their studies,...
Malton School’s Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) was delighted to be awarded £2,400 funding from We Are IVE this academic year. We Are IVE is the Arts Council Bridge organisation for Yorkshire and the Humber, working closely with individuals and organisations across the arts sector to make sure all children...
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...
