In Maple this term we have been looking at loads of different transports. We have been comparing old transport and new transport to see the differences and how much they have changed. We then looked a the old sculptures of the vehicles we have in our class and had a Art lesson. We looked and…
Good Afternoon Everyone We have had the idea of creating a living history wall on the side of the school building and we are hoping that you will be able to help us. We have a local artist called Lewis from Durham Spray Paints who is coming into school to create the mural from photographs,…
Today we had our final day for our lovely Year 11’s. A lovely assembly where students were awarded with certificates and given their hoodies, Yearbooks and a group photo. Students then walked around school to get their Yearbook’s signed from their friends and staff – a brilliant memory to last forever. We finished off the…
During our Personal life skills this week in Birch we have been practicing how to clean and care for our hands. The pupils discussed the importance and benefits of having clean hands and the impact it has if we have dirty hands, such as using them to eat and the germs going into our body…
During PE today primary took advantage of the sunshine and went onto the big playing field where Birch joined up with Beech and a few pupils from Hazel to play Cricket. The pupils and staff were split into two team with one team practicing, turn taking, waiting, hitting the ball, running from bay to bay…
The pupils in Birch today were learning about Consent and different scenarios they may be in to give their consent or not and what would be the best action to enable them to feel safe. Dylan and Brady are demonstrating when someone does not want to play with the other but they insist and continue…
During Math’s today Birch class worked outside in the sunshine and done some active learning using positional vocabulary up on the MUGA. The pupils were in small groups and decided between them who was an instructor and the others had to listen and follow the instructions to navigate around the area avoiding any obstacles using …
As part of the Vocational studies qualification, some of our year 11s had to demonstrate their new skills of being able to assemble fishing equipment safely, cast correctly & land a fish. This was our second visit to Derwent Reservoir and just like last week, we all had a reel-y good time. All of the…
Beech class visited Tesco as part of some amazing maths work to calculate quantities needed to make cupcakes. The children walked all the way there on a very hot morning, showing brilliant road safety. Once inside Tesco, they worked as a team to use the shopping list and to use the self checkout at the…