Academic Year 2023 – 2024

Spring term

Latest articles from High School and Sixth Form…

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


Autumn term

High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 15/12/23

Textiles Christmas craft club

Python coding in IT

Upper 3 PHSE

Lower 3 and Upper 4 bring history to life

House tasks

HS sports report wc 11.12.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 8/12/23

Lower 5 art – autumnal natural forms

Lower 5’s gingerbread cottages

Upper 4 French learn about Paris

Photography workshop

Upper 3 Latin – the Roman countryside

Revision gets colourful for Upper 5

Lower 5 biology – microscopes and cheek cells

High School sports report wc 4.12.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 1/12/23

Upper 6 psychologists use offender profiling techniques to solve murder case

Lower 5 – An Inspector Calls

Drama – scripted performances of Alice

Gingerbread houses in GCSE food tech

Lower 5 physics – water waves

Darts club

Games in languages

High School sports report wc 27.11.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 24/11/23

Knit and stitch trip

Tips for revising maths

Lower 4 get creative in geography

Upper 6 technology and business

Lower 4 maths – exploration of 3D shapes

Upper 3 technical drawing in DT

Junior women’s ultimate frisbee nationals

High School sports report wc 20.11.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 17/11/23

Book drive update

Upper 3 jungle art

Colourful chemistry – Sixth Form taster day

Upper 4 Mandarin

Autumn tales – Upper 3

GCSE Options information evening – Upper 4

CCF Remembrance Day parade in Wetherby

High School sports report wc 13.11.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 10/11/23

Upper 6 psychologists hold a debate into the causes of gender dysphoria

National Poetry Day winners

Poppy’s IT success

Upper 6 sociologists visit Harrogate Justice Centre

Upper 5 Sixth Form taster day

Lower 4 get competitive over crystals

Sixth Form Halloween competition winners 2023

High School sports report wc 6.11.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 20/10/23

Lower 4 see the Wonders of the World in VR

Blooket lunchtime club

Lower 5 debate the death penalty

Lower 3 build their own (paper) computers

Upper 5 drama performances

Friday night is music night Oct 23

Key Stage 3 choir performance

Legally Blonde rehearsals

Lower 4 look at e-safety

High School sports report wc16.10.23

DofE training day Oct 23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 13/10/23

Children’s book project – donate your pre-loved books!

Careers information visit Upper 5 and Lower 6

Sixth Form psychologists explore the reasons behind human behaviour

Upper 5 French –holidays

Maths learning tools – introducing Sparx

Lower 4 art – foil balloons

Lower 6 textiles – cartography

Lower 4 drama – Six exam preparation

High School assembly – school charities for 2023 – 24

Upper 3 re-enact the Battle of Hastings

High School sports report wc 9.10.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 6/10/23

Lower 5 food tech knife skills

Upper 3 Latin

Sixth Form Events Committee

Black History Month display

Lower 4 geography pop ups

Numeracy across the curriculum

Using AI in Languages

High School sports report wc 2.10.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 29/9/23

GCSE business pupils invent a breakfast cereal

Lower 5 use active learning to study earthquakes

Lower 5 DT – 3D light sculptures

Lower 4 Geography fieldwork trip – Holderness Coast

Unlocking maths potential in our pupils

Upper 4 chemistry practical

Lower 5 photography trip

Join the Roman army – Sixth Form Classics

Making mistakes mastering maths

High School sports report wc 25.9.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 22/9/23

Lower 5 create their own mystery stories

Lucy’s Chinese adventure

Upper 3 residential

High School sports report wc18.9.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 15/9/23

Lower 6 sociology – first research project

National Poetry Day

Prefect barbecue

Upper 3 Spanish focus on phonics

Upper 5 – Simrit’s art

The weekly maths puzzle

Start of term message from Mrs Carver


Academic Year 2022 – 2023

Summer term

High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 7/7/23

Lower 6 geographers fieldwork trip to Iceland

Lucas’s ‘Real’ football adventure

Photography – Ella explores the theme of time

PSHE – British values

Summer reading information

Lower 5 – Alton Towers

Upper 5 celebrate in style

Lower 4 Spanish end of year Blooket game

La Calle de Intriga Spanish soap opera

Upper 4’s Vesuvius eruptions

Upper 3 religions of the world presentations

Learning Support trip to the aqua park

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 30/6/23

Friday night is music (and drama) night

Guitars in Key Stage 3

Upper 4 geographers investigate the factors affecting infiltration

Upper 4 and the eruption of Vesuvius

Pupil vs teachers basketball match

Lower 5 Crystal Maze challenge in science

Lower 4 French and German taster day and Spanish role plays

Lower 4 spice up Geography with jollof rice

Upper 3 and Lower 4 are superstars at solving equations

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 23/6/23

Upper 3 geographers complete microclimate study

CCF prepare for summer camp

A Level Business Studies swot up

Silver final DofE expedition June 23

House Ultimate Frisbee 2023 games 2-3

Harnessing the power of online maths resources

Lower 5 develop interview skills

Upper 3’s jungle inspired cushions

Junior ensemble perform ‘Run’

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 16/6/23

Lower 5 geographers complete fieldwork in Hornsea

Upper 3 Greek chorus

Sixth Formers play linguistic theories twister

Shakespeare is coming to music night

House Ultimate Frisbee 2023 game 1

Lower 6 careers events

Lower 5 learn about social engineering

High School sports report wc 12.6.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 9/6/23

Lower 6 Geographers fieldwork in Bridlington

Upper 3 Latin flashcard competitions

Lower 6 sociology look at the 11 plus

High School sports report wc 5.6.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 26/5/23

PSHE – British values

Lower 4 debate religions

Lower 5 revise using Taboo

Lower 6 Prefect training

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 19/5/23

Lower 6 English revision

Lower 6 art – portraiture

A Level Latin – multum in parvo

Upper 3 Spanish revision

Lower 6 geographers prove that revision doesn’t need to be boring

Lower 6 psychologists compete with their own teaching skills

Silver DofE – May 23

Lower 6 respect the rhubarb

High School running club with Cherry

Virtual adventures in geography

High School sports report wc 15.5.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 12/5/23

Birthdays in the Sixth Form Centre

Pupils use Textivate in languages

Lower 6 perfect their personal statements

Royal Society of Biology – drawing competition

Royal Society of Biology – photo competition

Tips for revising maths

Individual music competition (High School) 2023

Sports leaders take a leading role in PE

 

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 5/5/23

Lower 5 legal eagles

Upper 3 musical instruments

Upper 3 map skills

Upper 4 Henry Moore sculptures

Lower 6 Boxercise

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 28/4/23

Upper 3 poetry

Upper 3 geographers complete orienteering challenge

Lower 6 English focus on occupational language

Lower 4 drama – trestle masks

High School summer sports

AS Level History – Knights or just keyboard warriors

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 21/4/23

Ian Murphy art workshop

Happy Birthday Cherry

Cherry joins running club

Upper 3 Spanish descriptions

Upper 6 complete EPQ projects

Lower 6 Spoken English results

Lower 6 sociology research methods


Spring term

High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 31/3/23

Friday night is music night – March 23

Lower 4’s reinterpretation of Harry Potter

Lower 6 geographers carry out fieldwork in Leeds

PSHE – Tackling racism and religious persecution

Resilience assembly – asylum seekers

Lower 5 historians look at Britain

Lower 5 debate Britain’s nuclear programme

Sister act trip

Upper 4 plan a gap year holiday

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 24/3/23

GCSE art residential to Wales

Upper 3 character backgrounds

A Level classics – the Ides of March

Lower 4 migration project

Lower 5 explore diversity in science

Lower 4 assembly – Just keep going!

Comic Relief 2023

Lower 6 Spoken English presentations

Creatures in High School

Lower 4 generate electricity using potatoes

High School sports report wc 20.3.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 17/3/23

Eleanor’s family tree dress

Hegarty heroes

Lower 4 learn about yeast

Pi day!

Upper 4 lighthouse challenge for Science Week

Upper 6 photography

High School sports report wc 13.3.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 10/3/23

Careers Week 2023

Cherry in science lessons

Fostering curiosity in Maths

Lower 4 dream holidays

Lower 6 English students meet Bethan Woollvin

Weighted hula hooping club returns

Upper 4 3D graffiti trainers

High School sports report wc 6.3.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 3/3/23

Tales from the Trees

Performance masterclass

Classics group journey to the Underworld

High School sports report wc27.2.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 24/2/23

Upper 3 test gases

Upper 3 pupils at Quizlet club

Upper 3 drama – Stanislavski

Lower 4 maths – Desmos

High School sports report wc 20.2.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 10/2/23

Upper 4 escape from the impacts of Covid-19!

Upper 4 Latin – Io Saturnalia!

Upper 4 discover the delights of French cuisine

Lower 6 art – personal investigations

PHSE – Positive Relationships

Friday night is music night

Sixth Form scholarships

KS3 author visit

Upper 4 consider life after death in RE

Lower 6 historians use Playmobil to re-enact Civil War scenes

High School sports report wc 6.2.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 3/2/23

Apprenticeship week 2023

Lower 4 geographers study population

‘Cactus points’ launched in the languages department

Upper 5 electromagnetism

Upper 3 maths

Lower 6 English – love through the ages

Lower 4 take over a physics lesson

Lower 4 get competitive over circuits

Lower 3 science – from fossils to chemistry

High School sports report wc 30.1.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 27/1/23

Upper 3 maths – statistical investigation

Lower 5 DT – perspective

Upper 4 – Chinese New Year assembly

Money matters to Upper 4

High School sports report wc 23.1.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 20/1/23

High School look forward to visit from author Chris Priestley

Ultimate Frisbee League launch

Performance masterclass

Lower 5 textiles embroidery workshop 2023

High School sports report wc 16.1.23

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High School and Sixth Form news for the week ending 13/1/23

Gateways remembers former pupil Fawziyah Javed with memorial tree

Upper 5 test out the distribution of global resources using Smarties

Upper 3 Spanish revision quiz

Sixth Form sociology Christmas task

Ms Rayner does Red January

Chess club expands

Upper 6 chemistry

High School sports report wc 9.1.23