Activities Week continues...
There were a number of day trips on the calendar including visits to Harry Potter World, Shoreditch High Street to observe London Street Art and a History visit to the London Dungeons.
Students on the French Package were off to the Europa Centre necessitating an early start!
Being counted in!
Exploring Germany
Images from the Germany Study Tour.
High Ashurst
High Octane trip on Monday tackled the High Ropes!
Having Fun on the Isle of Wight
More baking...
Students then went down to the resistant materials area of the Technology Department to begin
making the book stand bases and
uprights; marking and measuring out comb joints using pine and seeing their 2D
design masterpieces being engraved onto plywood using the laser cutter.
Macbeth in a Week
The following image is of students preparing their own version of Macbeth to be performed in the school hall on Friday at 2.00pm. When I visited rehearsals they were busy discussing costumes and props for the performance.
Activities
Week – the History Department
The History and Geography departments teamed up for
activities week. Monday and Tuesday were
the ‘history’ days. On Monday the
students took part in a ‘Jack the Ripper’ murder investigation and were filmed
giving press releases and final verdicts to store in the Jack the Ripper
archives.
On Tuesday they visited the London Dungeons where Curtis was
considered to be next in line for the chief torturer job! Phoebe, Cyrus and
Sharna were taken prisoner and we were introduced to a selection of gruesome
torture devices. Mrs Markham had her
insides removed by the nurse in the Plague room, whilst Mr Williams was put on
trial for sheep stealing. Los and Sharna
also faced a trial, but luckily we all escaped the death sentence as it was the
King’s birthday.
The Sweeney Todd seats were enjoyed by everyone when they
tipped us up and made everyone jump! The
students thoroughly enjoyed the gory details and learned about some of the most
famous crimes and punishments in Britain’s history.
