English Schools Athletics
Last week saw the return of the much anticipated first round of the annual English Schools Athletics Tournament. It felt fantastic to get back out competing on the athletics track & field with other schools in and around the Surrey district.
We had just over 60 students taking part with each athlete competing in 1 track and 1 field event or relay race. All years from Y7 - Y10 came together to create x4 teams of U13s and U15s in both the boys' and girls' categories. This competition is always quite early into our summer curriculum so technique may not be quite so polished. This year we hosted an athletics intervention during the first week of the Easter holidays to improve their technique and confidence levels and we were pleased with the number of students who committed their time to this.
We were extremely proud of every single student who represented our school and gave it their best effort considering the timescales we had. There were some stand out performances with Harrison W; Latham R; Isabelle H; Tegan M; Isobel W; Holly M; Florence H & Lucy W. This bodes well for the future, and especially for our next tournament - KS3 district athletics championships on the 15th June!
We have athletics club on twice a week after school until 4pm - Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Please come down and have a go and improve your technique so you can be in with the chance to represent your year team in our next district schools' competition.
The Brilliant Club
The first cohort of the 'Brilliant Club' is coming to the end. Students have just presented some of their knowledge before getting ready to plan for their assignment and then they will be submitting after next week's session.
Mr Curtis watched the students present their knowledge on E M Forster and what they've learnt so far and he was very impressed.
John, the tutor, has been fantastic and the group feel that they have really benefited from his teaching and the style he has used here.
We will have the grades of their assignment at the end of June and visiting a University in July for them to receive their graduation certificate.
Jubilee Art
Ms Pinion has planned a special jubilee art project. Each student has made a clay flower/ organic form which will be assembled together to create a larger piece. Students in other classes are welcome to come along to Art club on Monday to contribute if they wish and possibly during lunchtime next week.
Teachers will also be invited to contribute.
These clay pieces will then be assembled to produce the final piece but you will need to watch this space to find out how the project will come together!
