Key Stage 3 Learning

Manga and Graphic Novel club is up and running in the library on a Friday lunchtime.  Our local Alston Librarian Chloe Hartley is running the club.  In the coming weeks, members of the club will be reading a variety of graphic novels including manga and comics.  They will be reading, discussing…

This week students at Nintendo Club were working together on Super Mario Bros. All agreed it was great fun!

Year 9 have begun their song writing unit.  They have been writing their own song lyrics to music.  Some students are composing Science-fiction film music and others are composing pop songs.  They are using Garageband, BandLab and MuseScore to make their creations.  We look forward to hearing…

Year 7 and Year 8 have had a great time doing gymnastics in PE today. Through vaults and trampoline basics were the focus of the lesson. 

As part of their WW1 topic in history, Year 8 have been looking at historical WW1 enlistment and recruitment posters. They have identified some of the strategies used to encourage, or even shame, men into joining up. They then used what they had learned to design their own recruitment…

To develop an awareness of the background historical context to the novel 'Once' by Morris Gleitzman, Year 7 have been learning about pre-war Jewish life and the Holocaust. Students have shown maturity and empathy whilst learning about the topic in their English lessons. 

In English lessons this week, Year 8 have started reading the award winning novel 'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo. The book explores family bonds, loyalty, and love against the brutal backdrop of World War I, focusing on the injustice and futility of war, the loss of innocence, guilt and…

Year 9 have been working hard in English lessons to develop their own CV. This is to further enhance the work already completed as part of their 'Preparation for Work and Options' topic in Citizenship. Creating a CV is a great way to utilise English language skills to help showcase individual…

Pupils from Key Stage 3 are taking part in an inter-school Table Cricket competition today following their sessions at SKS with Cumbria Cricket. The games are underway. 

Year 8 have been enjoying the antique sewing machines. By investigating the mechanics, they were able to apply this to modern day machines and learn how they work.

Year 7 have been working in pairs to compose their own question and answer phrases on the glockenspiels. They are learning to notate music which is a brilliant skill! Well done year 7.

To further embed previous learning about persuasive language techniques in English, all students across KS3 watched a selection of current Christmas adverts made by leading grocery stores in the UK. They correctly identified the techniques and strategies used to persuade us to use the grocery…