Body as drawing machine
The images that can be viewed by following this link show Mrs Collins’ new year 10 GCSE students taking part in a ‘Body as drawing machine’ workshop. […]
Performing Arts Season Begins
The first performing arts event was a trip to Mid-Wales undertaken by the Yr11 Btec group. They performed the History of Theatre in fifteen minutes. For pictures of the show click here
Year 7 Football team selected!
Congratulations to the following Year 7 students who have been selected from this week's football trials to represent the school in the forthcoming fixture against local rivals Winton school; Malcolm Taylor, Lewis Parkinson, Tom Longshaw, Bryce Sams, Mitchell Healy, Alex Reed, Daniel Swaisland, Logan Fielder, Cory McGuire, Chris Tanner, Matthew Pugh, Reece Sturgess and Joe McQueen(captain). Well done and [...]
Best GCSE results in the history of the school
We are delighted with this year’s GCSE results which are the best in the history of the school. 54% of our students gained 5 or more good GCSEs and this represents an 18% improvement on last year’s results. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our students and their teachers on their outstanding [...]
LEJOG: Mission Accomplished!
The LEJOG team reached John O'Groats on Friday at around 2pm, after 14 continuous days of cycling and covering 1000 miles each. We are now safely back home, and will update this website with more details, photos and videos over the next few days. Thanks to everyone for their support - it is not too [...]
Day 12 – Fort William to Dingwall
Distance: 74 miles Total distance: 840.5 Weather: Hot and sunny! Left Fort William in cold, but sunny conditions. We rocketed out of Fort William and along the road towards Loch Ness. As we left, the sight of Ben Nevis looming up into the blue sky, was a real treat, as quite often it is surrounded by [...]
Day 11 – Ballach to Fort William
Distance: 85 miles Total Distance: 766.5 miles Weather: Warm and sunny Bumpy roads and the longest ride to date made for some very sore bottoms. […]
Day 10 – Biggar to Ballach
Distance: 67 miles (easy) Total Distance: 681.5 miles Weather: Cloudy and cold turning into bright warm sunshine in the afternoon. Started at 8:55am cycling through urban areas on really bumpy roads. Did not realise what an issue that would be for a bike. A bad road makes a real difference; it [...]
Day 9 – Falstone to Biggar
Distance: 88.5 miles Total Distance: 702.5 First puncture goes to Francis. Weather: Rain, WIND!, freezing. Improving in the afternoon. Started out at 9 in miserable weather. It was absolutely freezing, with horizontal rain and wind in our faces for hours. […]
Day 8 – Barnard Castle to Falstone
Distance: 70 miles Total Distance: 614 miles Weather: Rain, wind, cold Jon rides with us! Hooray! He is quickly amazed at how fit and muscular we all are! […]