School News

Bringing the Ancient Greek World to Life

• History,English,Creative Writing
• Posted by Mrs Lutz, Miss Leonard-Cross

Covering everything from the warring city states, the birth of democracy and Greek legends to Alexander the Great and Greek culture, expert historian Dom Russell and Portals to the Past, made learning about the Ancient Greeks a fun and inspiring experience for Form 3 today with hundreds of fascinating facts, quizzes and team challenges. Read more

Stig of the Dump: Creative Writing Form 3

• Creative Writing,Literacy
• Posted by Miss Freeman

To fit in with our prehistoric theme this term, pupils in 3PF have read the beginning of Stig in the Dump, a book enjoyed by Miss Freeman when she was a child. A boy called Barney is fascinated by the chalk pit near his grandmother’s house and ends up tumbling into it. Read more

The Greek Vase by Sania (3PF): Form 3 Creative Writing

• English,Creative Writing
• Posted by Miss Freeman

Pupils in Form 3 have been reading an extract from a book called Here Comes Hercules. In this story, a boy called Tim is at home doing the dusting while he waits for his mum to come home from work. Disastrously, he drops and smashes his mum’s priceless Greek vase. Read more

Form 3 Creative Writing: My Garden by Enzo (3AH)

• creative writing
• Posted by Mrs Hynes

Enzo is a talented and enthusiastic gardener so he was thrilled when Mrs Hynes asked Form 3 to take on the creative writing task to author an article about their gardens. Their challenge was to ensure they used expanded noun phrases. Read more