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We were excited to learn that 38 of our students across Years 8, 9 and 10 have had their short story submissions accepted by Young Writers. These will be printed in a book and distributed to participating schools across the UK. 

The 100 word short stories had to cover the theme of 'Wanted' and…

Year 7 students are working through their first topic in history- Roman Britain.

After learning about the extent of the Roman Empire, students moved on to exploring the composition of the Roman army and the day-to-day work, training and equipment of legionary soldiers.

Class 7B thought about…

After completing a VAK quiz last week in Citizenship to identify their preferred learning style- Audio, Visual or Kinaesthetic, Year 11 students learnt how to create mind-maps and other visual aids as a revision resource.

They were first given some information about the 9/11 terrorist attacks…

As part of their introduction to William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Year 10 have been learning about the core themes of the play. 

After matching up key words and their definitions, students were put into small groups to explore questions relating to the themes of Ambition and the Supernatural in…

On their very first day at SKS, our new Year 7 students took part in an active Citizenship lesson where they learnt all about life transitions and strategies they could utilise to help them manage change.

Students discussed the similarities and differences between primary and secondary…

On Saturday 5th September it is Alston agricultural show. There are classes for the children to enter and lots of things to keep all of the family entertained. We know that lots of our families will be attending so have been asked to spread the word about this fantastic community event.

All SKS pupils have had a workshop today on the risks of vapes and addiction. The session covered the harmful effects of drugs on the body, and the wider dangers of addiction. 

In forest school today we learned all about bees. We tasted some honey on bread and chose to make our own bees out of pine cones, wool and pipe cleaners.

Anna told us all about bees and how they pollinate the flowers for some of the fruits we eat. 

Some of us used the watercolour paints to…

As the winning house, Blue House are enjoying their rewards trip to Fusion Trampoline Park today. 

Dancers from across SKS performed at Disney last week. Months of preperation and rehersals went into the showcase event as part of a public preformance at the famous park. 

Year 7 worked hard on their outdoor and teamwork skills across the three days of residential. Outdoor and adventurous activities!

We really enjoyed looking in the book swap box and choosing some new books to take home and keep :-) happy reading and happy weekend everyone!