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This week, Key Stage 3 have been refining their knife skills by taking part in a series of chopping challenges. Year 8 were tasked with creating apple swans! They showed excellent focus throughout the activity, producing some impressive results.

The GCSE Food Technology class have embraced the challenge of working in the heat as they completed a two‑hour practical session in preparation for next year’s coursework. Their GCSE course includes two pieces of Non‑Examined Assessment (NEA), one of which allows students to showcase their cookery…

Year 8 have embraced creativity last week, designing vibrant vegetable artwork to decorate their homemade focaccia breads. Their imaginative designs and enthusiasm in the kitchen have made this project a real highlight.

Year 9 have successfully brought together their learning from across Key Stage 3, preparing a range of dishes from scratch including spaghetti bolognese, curry and shepherd’s pie. As part of their final assessment, pupils were challenged to design and make a healthy dish suitable for a school…

We took advantage of the hot weather, going outside and do some landscape sketching.

On 16^th June, our Year 9 students attended a special STEM Hub event at the University of Cumbria in Carlisle. 

The event was organised by SmartSTEMs in partnership with Digital Dairy Chain and the University of Cumbria, with the aim of inspiring young people about STEM careers and the…

On Friday we had loads of fun in our weekly Nintendo club, where four Y10 girls battled it out on Mario Kart. It was just what they needed after exams week!

Back in March 2026, all students across SKS were invited to take part in the national 'Poetry By Heart' competition. 

Seven students took up the challenge, and we were able to submit four very strong entries to the competition across both the Classic and Freestyle…

All of our Year 7's, alongside a select number of Year 8 and 9 students, competed in the 'Race To The Line 2.0 Bio' challenge earlier in the week. 

Over two STEM focused practical workshop sessions, students worked collaboratively in small teams to design, build and then race their very own…

In English and literacy sessions, we use The Day online news website to read and then discuss, current articles on stories and topics of interest.

After the Eurovision Song Contest final, Year 9A discussed whether the contest is actually more about politics, than about music. Here is their…

Year 7 have begun their swimming module in PE today. Some excellent efforts in both groups. 

Year 8 have just started exploring self portraiture. They will use different techniques and inspiration form artists to complete their final piece.