Year 7 clay techniques
Year 7 are practising their ceramic techniques. They are researching sir Grayson Perry's Art for inspiration.
Year 8 go to Center Parcs - part 2
Our final group of Year 8's had another fantastic day of work experience at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest on Tuesday.
This bespoke opportunity for our KS3 students originated from the Cumbria Careers Hub, who invited us to take part in a new Modern Work Experience Pilot project, managed and…
Year 10 PE
Rain forced Pickleball to be postponed today. Year 10 worked hard on a fitness session instead.
Revision in full swing
Some really good independent revision happening across school in Year 10. School exams start during the first week back after half term.
Pewter casting year 9
Student in year 9 Design and Tech, have been working on 2D design to create a template they can then cut out on the laser cutter. They have used the templates to cast pewter key rings.
Year 7&8 PE
Cricket and Pickleball continue in games on Tuesdays. The wind required the children to do some ‘problem solving’ this afternoon. Great resilience by all.
Year 8 work experience at Center Parcs
On Tuesday 5th May, 17 of our Year 8 students went on a bespoke work experience day to Center Parcs Whinfell Forest.
Students were given an overview of the Center Parcs company along with its ethos and values, then learnt about a range of different health and safety requirements before heading…
Year 9 High Jump
Year 9 worked on their high jump skills this morning. Some on the Fosbury Flop, others on the lesser used ‘western roll’.
Year 10 work experience week
Congratulations to all of our Year 10 students who successfully completed their work experience placements across the week of 20th to 24th April 2026.
A big thank you to the following businesses and employers for offering our students placements with them, and for supporting and guiding…
Fabulous forest school
Another fantastic Forest School session today.
The children fully embraced the outdoors—building dens, exploring the woodland, and letting their imaginations run wild.
There’s something special about learning in nature—the smiles say it all
Computing
We’ve had a great computing lesson today
We used Chrome Music Lab to compose some pieces of music using a repeating pattern
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Toys, toys, toys
Toys, toys, toys!
We were very fortunate to beable to secure one of the very sought after artefact boxes from Cumbria library service who put together a brilliant box of old and new toys for us to use as part of our on going topic. The children loved getting hands on and playing with a range of…