Personal Development

School Book Club Members Suggest Some Good Reads

One of our PDA options this term is Journalism, run by Miss Merritt. Students from different year groups across school are busy creating designs for their own student newspaper, interviewing staff and students in different PDA sessions, and generating articles for inclusion. Sixth Form students, Daniel, Lucy and Aster have...

Y7 Student Luna Walking On Air

Y7 student Luna has been literally walking on air.  Just before Christmas, she had the opportunity to sing “Walking in the Air”, the theme tune to “The Snowman”, with a live orchestra and in front of a paying audience of more than 1,000 at the Barbican in York! Luna, who has...

Alsace Trip Creates Lasting Memories

Just before the October half-term, a group of Y8 and Y9 students visited the Alsace region of France and had an amazing time soaking up the life and culture there. Following on from the trip, Mr Cook  kindly put together a video tour, and Finley in Y9 wrote an amazing...

Y13 Student Completes Arts Award Gold

Sixth Form student Lily has just completed her Arts Award Gold, the highest level of Arts Award.  Alongside her Performing Arts BTEC and Sociology and French A levels, Lily has been working towards this additional qualification, which also carries UCAS points, during her PDA time. At Gold level, the Award encourages...

Gardening Club PDA Seeks Local Support

The winter storms saw a long section of wooden fencing at school irreparably damaged, along with one of our greenhouses. Whilst this has been a significant setback, the opportunity of a large amount of wood to be repurposed provided a great upcycling activity. After weeks of hard work...

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