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High School & Sixth Form Articles

Academic Year 2024 – 2025

Summer term

Latest articles from High School and Sixth Form…

DofE training exercise April 2025

Jollof and geography – a perfect mix

Haley tops Sparx Maths leaderboard

Easter sociology A Level revision sessions

Upper 3 – Coraline board games

Lower 4 chemistry – making copper sulphate crystals

High School sports report wc 21.4.25

Flying club takes off at Gateways!

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Spring term

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DofE training event – March 25

Upper 4 steampunk art

PSHE – Upper 3 learn about racism and world history

Upper 5 history – trade and exploration

Upper 3 investigate neutralisation

Harrogate Competitive Festival (music) 2025

Upper 3 historians study the plague

Lower 4 computer science – apps

High School sports report wc 31.3.24

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Geography and Business – Sir Roger Marsh visit

Inspirational maths trip for Lower 6

Upper 4 Spanish – festivals

Sixth form quiz heats up!

High School sports report wc 24.3.25

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Outreach prefects arrange foodbank collection

Lower 5 Pi Day maths

Upper 4 social and historical exploration in drama

Dinner at the musicals – an interview with Val

Junior ensemble perform ‘Oom pah pah’

Upper 4 Spanish health dramas

High School sports report wc 17.3.25

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Upper 3M make music outdoors

Upper 4 geographers complete UN Summit

Upper 4 maths – data analysis – pizza toppings!

Upper 6 business studies – management skills

Book Week in High School 2025

Ramadan assembly and Purim celebration

Science Week in High School

Upper 3 biology – reproduction

Upper 3 War Horse inspired poetry

Upper 3 DT – communicating design ideas

Gateways’ pupils shine at the model UN COP conference

Keira W – Horizon Selection

High School sports report wc 10.3.25

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Upper 3 maths – Eulers number

Upper 4 Spanish – the Seville fair

Lower 6 psychology -big brains

National careers week

Upper 5 scripted drama exam

High School sports report wc 3.3.25

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Upper 4 students participate in maths masterclasses

Lower 5 history group devise new ways to learn about renaissance medicine

A Level sociology – education topic

A Level drama pupils prepare for practical

Ski trip 2025

High School sports report wc 24.2.25

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Upper 3 geographers complete rainforest escape room

Upper 4 computer science – jam sandwich algorithms

Lower 6 psychologists tap into the arts

Textile cells in A Level art

Upper 3 maths – probability

GCSE business studies – finance topic

Upper 6 philosophy – AI

Lower 6 chemistry – distillation of an organic product

Upper 6 University offers

Lower 6 biology – mutations

Gateways band prepare for the Cabaret evening

High School sports report wc 10.2.25

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Lower 6 Geography – placemakers

Badminton club goes from strength to strength

Intermediate Maths Challenge Jan 2025

Lower 4 drama – status

TRIBE prefects assembly on mental health

Lower 6 investigate mitosis

High School sports report wc 3.2.25

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Boxfit is back!

Lower 6 physics – springs

Lower 4 IT skills

Team teaching with Lower 6 psychologists

Welcome to our Spanish pupils

Upper 5 study Elizabethan England

Receiving feedback – advice for pupils

High School sports report wc 27.1.25

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Sixth Form sociology – undergraduate research

Running club returns for 2025

Computer science – tower building

Business enterprise club

Craft club

Upper 4 explore autism spectrum disorder in English

Upper 3 chemisty – acids and alkalis

Lower 4 DT – amazing automatons

Upper 4 – music composers

Twilight concert for strings, woodwind and brass Jan 25

High School sports report wc 20.1.25

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Spotlight on Sparx maths achievement

Lower 4 Spanish train to be holiday detectives

Lower 5 photography – Lynette Jackson

National Poetry Day – our winners

Upper 3 science – red cabbage Indicators

Upper 3 Latin – cena optima

Lower 4 Origami

Upper 3 drama – trestle masks

High School sports report wc 13.1.25

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Autumn term

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Festive fun runs

CCF – Ex FIRST KNIGHTS 2024

CCF – Ex Quick shot 2024

Upper 6 art projects

Upper 4 geographers try out Indian cooking

Upper 3 maths – using Lego!

Lower 5 religious studies – sacraments

Lower 6 physics – investigating fluorescence

Upper 4 history – trench warfare

Upper 4 science – cell cycles

Wreath making with Dr Johnson

High School sports report wc 9.12.24

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Upper 4 Spanish learn about festivals

Harry Potter’s adventures delight Upper 3

Upper 4 create a tableau

Inspirational people presentations in PSHE

Lower 4 migration presentations

Lower 5 begin the STRIVE club

Upper 4 Spanish – verbs can be fun!

High School engineering club

Lower 6 visit the University of Leeds’ Library

Lower 5 study Mycenaean daily life

High School sports report wc 2.12.24

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GCSE business learn about production methods

Lower 4 science – pressure topic

Lower 6 physics – the monkey and the hunter

Upper 3 geographers get active about Antarctica

Lower 6 psychologists compare approaches

Lower 5 debate solving quadratic equations

The Night(mare) before Christmas

Lower 4 – Bread making skills

A Level psychology – jelly beans

High School sports report wc 25.11.24

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Lower 5 geometric light photography

Business studies – technology in business

Ultimate Frisbee JWIN 2024

Upper 3 visit Maths City

Upper 3 science – model cells

DT club – A Midsummer Night’s Dream props

High School sports report wc 18.11.24

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Art residential 2024

Art residential 2024 – 3D design element

Upper 5 Maths

A Level English Language topic – child language development

Trojan War taster lesson

Surface Pros – update

Upper 4 physical theatre

High School sports report wc 11.11.24

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Upper 6 sociologists visit Harrogate Justice Centre

Upper 4 Spanish – Basque region

TRiBE prefect assembly

The Bebra Computing Competition – have a go!

Upper 3 visit Maths City in Leeds

Lower 6 geographers get creative about hot spots

Lower 5 religious studies focus on punishment

Sports Tour to Gibraltar 2024

High School sports report wc 4.11.24

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A Level art – nail and thread mandalas

Twilight singers concert October 24

Thrillers and chillers in the library

Battle of Hastings brought to life by Upper 3

Black History Month – celebrating music

Lower 4 maths – 3D visualisation

BTEC Business pupils visit St Gemmas

Lower 4 biology – the musculoskeletal system

Sixth Form Halloween event

High School sports report wc 14.10.24

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Upper 5 history – the American Civil War

Film club

Badminton club

Upper 3 master the art of mime

LitSoc in High School

Upper 3 Maths – favourite numbers!

Upper 5 dissect the brain and learn about the different lobes

High School sports report wc 7.10.24

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GCSE Business – multinationals

Upper 3 Mandarin

Lower 6 geographers sharpen their data analysis skills

KS3 Olympics assembly

Lower 4 science – forces

Sixth Form fundraising bake sale

Sixth Form Senior Maths Challenge

Skills developing at hula hooping club

GCSE Spanish pupils debate the pros and cons of technology in Spanish!

High School sports report wc 30.9.24

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Upper 5 geographers battle over meanders

Martha’s GCSE textiles work

High School netball club

Running club with Cherry

Lower 5 3D design – Tic Tac Toe

Upper 3 Maths – data analysis

Upper 3 residential – Lockerbie Manor

Lower 5 computer science problem solve in an escape room

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Ultimate Frisbee GB Success 2024

Upper 4 Spanish – where is Spanish spoken around the world

Upper 4 Maths – introducing a strongman

Upper 3 English – all about me

New beginnings in High School

Upper 3 embrace High School

High School sports report wc 16.9.24

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Back-to-School maths

National poetry day competition 2024

Upper 6 sociology – crime and deviance

Upper 3 partner with Upper 6 in business studies

Surface Pro Launch

PE and Games in High School


 

Academic Year 2023 – 2024

Summer term

Last week of term

Enrichment Week – Monday

Enrichment Week – Tuesday

Enrichment Week – Wednesday

Enrichment Week -Thursday

Lower 6 community outreach in Scarborough

CREST Award – enrichment week

Cultural variety in enrichment week

Environmental initiatives in High School

Making Talavera tiles

Street epistemology

Lower 5 – Alton Towers

Upper 3 in Valencia

Round up of history for 2023 – 24

Summer reading offer from First News

Lower 5 computer science – rubber ducks!

Harewood Community sponsored walk 2024

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Upper 4 English – Shakespeare in Love

Lower 4 – Latin tenses

Junior ensemble perform ‘Star Wars’

Upper 3 maths – code breaking

Drama exams – summer 2024

PCSO High School assembly

Lower 6 reach out to the Scarborough community

Seb gets a taste of marine life in the waters of False Bay

Drama trip – The Importance of Being Earnest

Upper 2’s High School experience

High School sports report wc 24.6.24

High School sports awards 2024

High School sports day 2024

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Silver and Gold DofE assessed expeditions

Lower 6 visit the UCAS Fair

Lower 4 study the chemistry of the Earth

Form time exercise

Lower 6 biology field trip

Upper 3 geographers build mountains

Upper 4 DT – miniature houses

Developing a growth mindset in maths

Lower 6 business look at money as a motivator

High School sports report wc 17.6.24

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Lower 5 – interviewing techniques

Upper 3 Spanish research and presentations

Trip to Barcelona 2024

House photography competition 24

Lower 5 study Macbeth contexts

Physics Olympics 2024

iDEA achievements – computer science

Enrichment week

High School sports report 14.6.24

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Upper 3’s OS map skills

Upper 4 English draw inspiration from Dawe’s half hour

Lower 5 geographers complete fieldwork at Hornsea

Upper 3 science – making Oobleck

Lower 6 sociologists look at educational policies

Upper 5 photography

Peer teaching in A Level maths

High School sports report wc 3.6.24

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Art exhibition 2024

Lower 5 geographers play coastal Monopoly

Investigating magnetism in Lower 4

Pippa’s sacred geometry in art

Lower 5 CV writing in PSHE

Weighted hula hooping club returns

Lower 5 history play from Cradle to Grave

Wellbeing option in Office 365 Teams

Lower 5 biology study enzymes

Lunchtime house challenges in High School

High School sports report wc 20.5.24

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Upper 4 present research on the European core-periphery model

Individual music competition 2024

Poetry pictures – Upper 5 English

Lower 6 biologists teach each other about blood

Revision techniques for language speaking exams

Upper 4 drama – Blood Brothers

Lower 5 study the history of 19th century medicine

High School sports report wc13.5.24

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Silver and Gold DofE Practise Expeditions May 24

Lower 5 recreate Macbeth

Introducing Futoshiki into maths lessons

Upper 5 science group

Adios to Upper 5 Spanish

Lower 6 start biopsychology topic

High School sports report wc 6.5.24

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GCSE business pupils learn about stakeholders

Hashim’s ink-credible artwork

Upper 4 – technical drawing skills

Running club – May 24

UKMT Junior Maths Challenge – April 24

High School sports report wc 29.4.24

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Cadet enrolment – April 24

Upper 6 Sociology exam preparation

Upper 3 construct mathematical diagrams

Upper 3 Spanish revision strategies and techniques

Lower 5 short stories

House Mandela competition

Revision tips for classics and history from Mr Crosby

Upper 5 textiles – suitcase souvenir

Chat GPT for revision

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Trip to China 2024

Cross-cutting in drama – Upper 3

Lower 6 chemistry – silver mirrors

Upper 3 English and A Level drama study the same text

GCSE PE revision preparation

High School sports report wc 15.4.24


Spring term

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Gracie completes EPQ presentation

The power of books – Lower 4 PSHE

Upper 4 geographers complete Europe challenges

Origami club

Lower 5 food group try speed dating style learning

Using AI to help with school work

Lower 5 RS – debate boxing

High School sports report wc 25.3.24

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Upper 6 – genetic fingerprinting

Upper 5 art – wrapping paper

Upper 4 DT – phone holders

Upper 3 – unusual animal encounters

Upper 4 history look at conflicts

Upper 3 Spanish schools topic

Upper 5 English – revsion time

Sports awards – Autumn 23 and Spring term 24

High School sports report wc 18.3.24

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Upper 4 and Dr Volcano

Gateways to China

Lower 4 Geography plate tectonics board game

Science Week – Electronic Engineering – guest speaker

Lower 4 egg drop

Language Learning Assembly

Lower 4 residential to Liverpool

GSCE PE practical

Maths revision techniques

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Careers week 2024

DofE – Bronze training day – March 24

Upper 6 business group get planning!

End of an era for the Counterpoint Choir

Maths vocabulary

Lower 4 explore poetry from other cultures

High School sports report wc 4.3.24

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Book week – the power of 6 minutes of reading

CCF training weekend – Feb 24

Using the E-Platform for reading

Upper 5 French revision sessions

Upper 4 binary competition in computer science

Theatre Studies A Level exam practical performance

High School sports report wc 26.2.24

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Mr Champken’s musical showcase

Lower 4 drama – Shakespeare

Sixth Form sociology research

Harewood and the Great War

Elle makes Ultimate Frisbee GB team

Upper 3 portrait project

Upper 5 Chemistry – titrations

Upper 5 study trigonometry and its origins

Upper 6 psychology explore drug treatments

High School sports report wc 19.2.24

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CCF – exercise lost patrol

Upper 4 geographers play Pandemic!

Lower 5 – the history of medicine

Upper 4 history – news reports about the Crusades

Lower 4 Spanish deliver dramatic performances

Upper 4 English look at how to improve society

Upper 4 drama – adding actions to scripts

Lower 5 biology – models of mitosis

Lower 4 have a hair raising experience in physics

iDEA achievements

Soheil’s article in the Middleton Railway Trust journal

Safer Internet Day 2024

High School sports report wc 5.2.24

Upper 3 geography – Antarctica animals presentation

Darts club update

Upper 3 English

Science exhibition and talk at St Peters

Upper 4 geographers compare countries

National Apprenticeship Week

Lower 6 art – still life

PSHE – presentations about heroes

GCSE Spanish speaking practice

Lower 6 psychologists test theories of memory

Lower 4 show off their cooking skills

High School sports report wc 29.1.24

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House review – autumn term 2023

Upper 4 – Maths meets literacy

Lower 5 business studies break even

Upper 5 geographers trade resources

Upper 3 DT – block animals

High School sports report wc 22.1.24

 

 

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 19/1/24

Book drive feedback

Journeying in maths with Lower 4

Upper 3 Spanish revision

Heroes and heroines of the Classical World

Running club re-starts

Lower 4 test common gases

Lower 6 titration practical

The mathematics of snowflakes

Lower 5 drama – devising from a stimulus

High School sports report wc 15.1.24

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 12/1/24

Introducing Mrs Johnson – Maths Department

Science week – March 2024

Lower 6 Sociology research challenge

Gothic stories in English

High School sports report wc 8.1.24