Four Year 8 students were lucky enough to be invited to join BBC Birmingham at The Mailbox last week in celebration of International Girls in ICT Day. They took part in practical workshops exploring radio and TV production, software development and technology in media before meeting with inspirational and leading women working in STEM roles at the BBC.
General News
posts up to Friday, 28 June 2024.
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Unity Celebration event raises £815!
Thank you to everyone who attended our Unity Celebration event last week, and to those who bought a raffle ticket and food from our pop-up tuck shop. Our thanks to the local Gurdwara who provided samosas and to Nike for donating a gift voucher for our raffle.
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Night-time bat walk
This week Mr Hobbs and Mrs Stephenson took Environmental Science students to St Nicholas Park for a night-time bat walk. Hosted by the very informative and helpful Warwick Bat Group they discovered 5 species of bats beside the river, one of which had not been recorded there before! Students learnt how to use the bat detectors and took part in a survey of these vulnerable and amazing creatures. A big thank you to Warwick Bat Group for their help in arranging this event!
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Donation of paint from Brewers Decorator Centres
Thank you to Dal who dropped off a large donation of paint from Brewers Decorator Centres last week. The paint has gone to our Drama department to paint set designs!
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Tips for Wellness
See below for tips on self-care.
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Safeline speak at Year 13 assembly
Thank you to Colin, Millie and Emma from Safeline who were guest speakers at Year 13’s assembly last week. As many of our Year 13 students prepare to leave home it was a timely reminder of the dangers of sexual assault, how they can best protect themselves and others and which support agencies to turn to should they need them. Raising awareness of this issue is vital and it really highlighted how we all can play a role in keeping everyone safe.
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Year 12 trip to Compton Verney
Year 12 art students enjoyed an exciting and rewarding day at Compton Verney this week. They worked with life models to create a variety of experimental drawings at first hand. Both ‘Paul’ the model and the tutor at Compton Verney were impressed by the quality of work produced. The first time that students work with a live model is a daunting experience and they conducted themselves brilliantly. They also had the opportunity to see art in the galleries and a terrifying spider sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois.
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Easter egg design competition winners
Congratulations to Rosie in Year 7 who was the winner of our recent Easter egg design competition.
Well done also to runner up Hriddashis in Year 8. Here are their winning entries along with their chocolate prizes.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the competition over the Easter Holidays.
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Lilly fundraising for Hungary volunteering experience
Congratulations to Lilly in Year 8 who after a rigorous selection process has been selected to represent Girlguiding to volunteer in Hungary in 2025 to support underprivileged Romani children and their families.
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Beauchamp chapel sanctuary kneeler design competition
The Collegiate Church of St Mary invite young people (aged under 19 on the 31 August 2024) in the area to enter their competition to design a replacement sanctuary kneeler in their Beauchamp chapel. Further information about the competition and how to enter can be found here and in the flyer below. Hard copies of the flyer can be picked up outside reception.