The book advent calendar returns
Our much loved book Advent calndar is back! Today we opened to first book in the pile and we can’t wait to see which story we get tomorrow!
Table cricket
Some of our Key Stage three students enjoyed learning how to play table cricket with John from Cumbria Cricket.
The students are looking forward to their next session in two weeks time where they will learn to umpire for themselves.
Observational drawing at the Bowe's
Sketching patterns and costumes from the textiles collection in the Bowes Museum. Ties into year 8 and GCSE classroom learning.
The Bowe's Museum
An exciting trip to the Bowes Museum with year 8 and GCSE Art students.
Bouncy exhibits and talks about future careers
Year 9 Careers
Year 9 recently started their 'Preparation for Work & GCSE Options' module in Citizenship. So far, students have identified the wide range of different jobs available across several employment sectors, including those within film & TV production and the British armed forces. They have also been…
Jekyll & Hyde Key Characters
Year 11 students have been making some useful revision notes on the key characters in the 'Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. They have been listening to the audio recordings of each individual chapter via BBC Teach; collating key quotes and descriptions relating to individual characters,…
Cross-curricular learning about Alston Workhouse
To further enhance their understanding of the background context of poverty in the novel 'Oliver Twist', Year 8 students have been utilising historical sources to learn more about the Alston Workhouse. They examined documents and photographs provided by the Alston Moor Historical Society, and…
AMF Choir
Our AMF choir have been working hard and enjoying singing. This week for the AMF Prize Giving evening, they performed Vance Joy’s Riptide and they did an excellent job! We look forward to singing Christmas carols at the Christmas market next week.
Maths in Cross Fell
Yesterday in maths we worked in groups using base 10 to show greater than and less than. It was fantastic to beable to use a range of resources to demonstrate our understanding and then work with a partner to share our understanding.
Christmas decorations
This week in art we continued making Christmas decorations and got to see how the laser cutter worked. Thankyou so much to Mrs Wheatley for sharing your expertise with us :-)
Field Sketches
Year 7 students have been working on improving their field sketch skills.
They completed a couple in class to understand what makes a perfect piece of work, than they were tasked to draw one from home.
Everyone had a really good go at this, channelling their inner Bob Ross to create some…
9B Translation task using ICT
Today we tried something a bit different - 9B typed up their translation task into Word, rather than writing in books like they usually do. Most agreed that it was easier to type than to write. They will now send their work to Miss Johnson to be marked and stuck into their books.