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Parent Consultations – 2nd April 2019 – ‘A Celebration Afternoon’

We would like to invite you to an open afternoon at the secondary school site on Tuesday 2nd April.

There will be an opportunity to join your child for lunch, look around the school and meet with the staff who work with your child to discuss their progress.  A representative from the careers advisory service will also be there.

School will be providing lunch and hot drinks free of charge. In order to confirm numbers with the catering team, We would appreciate it if you could confirm your attendance and whether you would like to have a lunch.

The open afternoon will run from 12 noon until 4:30pm and you are welcome to arrive at anytime.  Lunch will be served from 12 noon until 1pm.  There will also be a free raffle.

March 2019

Students Art and Citizenship trip to Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Students in KS3 and Year 10 were taken to Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to look at the Leonardo Da Vinci Expedition and to also have a look at the fish in the Winter Gardens in their natural habitat for Citizenship.

Students had a look around the Leonardo Da Vinci Expedition they chose their favourite picture and answered some questions about it when in the museum, students will then try and re-create the picture back in Art lessons at school.

As we have been looking at animals and their rights in Citizenship, students went and looked at the fish in the pond in the winter gardens and we debated whether animals should be kept out of their natural habitat for human pleasure, students were very honest and shared their own opinions.

Students then had a sociable lunch outside before returning to school.

On 15th March 2019 our secondary staff and pupils celebrated Red Nose Day.

Cakes were made and purchased throughout the week to raise money.

On Friday, pupils were encouraged to wear something red and to make a contribution to Red Nose Day.

Ms Goodrich arranged a Danceathon in the hall. This was a fantastic opportunity to come together in a fun activity, taking into consideration our pupils’ love of music which was an excellent way to develop positive relationships between pupils and staff.

Why are positive relationships important?

‘Positive Relationships in schools are central to the wellbeing of both students and teachers and underpin an effective learning environment.’ (Roffey, S. (ed)2012 Positive Relationships:Evidence Based Practice Across the World. Springer.

‘Developing positive relationships between teachers and students has a positive, significant and long-lasting impact on the students’ lives both academically and socially.’ (E. Maison. 2017, The Importance of Positive Teacher-Student Relationships in Classrooms.)

Our KS3 pupils have been recreating the world of The Court and The Forest of Arden from Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ to demonstrate their understanding of setting.

Our pupils have enthusiastically used different materials to create their ideas.

Miss Irving is very impressed with the effort that our pupils have put into this task.