January 2012
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Glam Up Glitter Up
Our Non School Uniform Day in aid of Cancer Research and Rainbows held at the end of last term raised £768.78. Well done to everyone!
Health and Social Care – Looking After the...
Students in Health and Social Care continued to run Health and Well-being clinics last week. Fourteen members of staff volunteered their free time to have their prior medical and lifestyle information assessed and their BMI, hip / waist ratio, blood pressure, peak flow, body fat composition and recovery pulse rate measured. This information was used to develop an individual health and well-being...
Year 9 Geography Visit to Ashbourne/ Dovedale
On Tuesday 22 November 98 students went on the Year 9 Geography visit to Ashbourne and Dovedale in Derbyshire to enhance the work we have just started on National Parks. Here are the thoughts of some of the students who attended:
‘We split into two groups and our group went to Dovedale first. We walked along a path to the stepping stones and used iPads to compare the stepping stones in the...
Age UK Christmas Hamper Appeal 2011
Year 9 enjoyed a festive last assembly of the year as Mr Trevor Mills came from AGE UK to receive the hampers that students had made and to explain how these will benefit elderly people in Leicester over the Christmas period.
In all, the money collected through fundraising enabled students to put together 326 hampers! This fantastic figure is a reflection of the tremendous initiative,...