Science in Action

 Combustion!

It's great to see students getting involved in practical work in Science again.  I have asked our teachers to include experiments that can be conducted in a covid secure manner, as it is so important to embed their learning.

Below is 8WG with Olly, Charlie, Yusuf and Zach comparing Incomplete and Complete Combustion.

Members of 7WW

Year 10 Food Group

Year 10s have had experience of making their own butter, to understand the concept of emulsions. They added herbs and spices to the butter that will complement their fish and chicken dishes. The butter milk was frozen and will be used to create nutritious breakfast muffins.

Year 10 Hospitality and Catering

Miss Reynolds had the pleasure of covering Year 10 Hospitality and Catering on Tuesday. They were fabulous and produced some wonderful swiss roles. It is great to be able to share their work with you.

 

Interesting Outcomes!

Year 8 Explore Shakespeare 

A summary from Miss Roberts: “The summer term of Year 8 brings Shakespeare to the English Department and even more appropriately, some students are exploring the confusion and comedy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As part of their home learning, 8CG stretched their ingenuity skills to recreate key scenes of the play – here are some amazing examples!”

Year 7 Food Technology

Year 7 were given the task to recreate a savoury dish, that they made during lockdown, that demonstrated a variety of skills.

The outcomes were presented within the lesson to be photographed . Students collaborated to ensure that their work areas were clean and tidy. Some excellent food was seen. The home school learning experience supported student's independence at home and their creativity , as stated by several parents during the year 7 PCE ( Parents Evening Consultation) 

Mrs Vadi

Good Food

 Year 10 Food & Nutrition

Here are a few of the stunning dishes created by year 10 food prep and nutrition. For this dish they had to cook two different dishes using chicken breasts ( from the chicken that they portioned the previous lesson) in one lesson. They had to research their own recipe and show a range of high skill levels including stuffing, rolling, coating as well as thinking of presentation.

The class have been filleting fish today and will be cooking it tomorrow!

Miss Reynolds

Growing Our Own

This week Year 10  have been very productive in the garden and all the beds are filled with some lovely compost ready for the great planting session. The students all work very hard and today we planted some pumpkin, pea, and courgette seeds in the prepared beds. Outside room 13 we have some old car tyres and we plan to fill with tomatoes, peppers.  If anyone has any surplus vegetable plants we would be delighted to receive them.

Learning at Winston

 Math's Investigation

Year 8 students have been investigating the math's behind the creation of a perfect shaped cone,  as part of their studies into angles. Students had to investigate the angle size of the segment to create a specific height cone. All part of investigative learning in mathematics.

May the 4th Be With You!

Yesterday was May the 4th Be With You (or otherwise known as Star Wars Day!), a globally celebrated day amongst Star Wars fans. It was only right that we celebrated in the Library with our own Star Wars event. After school, students from Year 7 and 8 spent time enjoying all things Star Wars. The students watched some behind the scenes footage from The Mandalorian, took pictures posing as their favourite characters, took a quiz to find out which character they would be and explored some of the 'new in' Star Wars books that the Library has to offer. There is still a display featured in the Library showcasing some of these books so if you missed out on the after school event, come along and take a look.. and a Star Wars bookmark!

It's been fantastic to have students back in the Library making the most of the space before school, at break times, and after school. 

We currently have a Winston Book Awards in the pipeline so watch this space...

Miss Dodds