Year 10 Art Exploring the Ceramics Process

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Year 10 pupil has been developing his ceramics skills in Art diarising his creation at various stages.

Ceramics process of

  • making the clay flexible
  • giving the clay form
  • baking the clay
  • glazing the ceramic 

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Year 9 Chinese Food Taste Experience

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Year 9 are studying China in Geography and have been looking at culture and Chinese food. Pupils made their own side dish - fried rice or egg friend noodles and then sampled a range of different dishes during their "taste experience.

 

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Year 11 Exploring Italian Pasta Dishes

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Year 11 pupils are exploring Italian pasta dishes. Pupils researched the different types of sauces to complement pasta dishes - choosing to create a bolognaise sauce. Next lesson pupils will prepare the sauce independently using their creation to make a Lasagna dish.

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Mindfulness Emotion Cards

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Pupils explored the topic of emotions using the emotion cards "How would you feel if .......... ?" to look at how your own emotions are formed and how other peoples emotions may differ. The cards allowed pupils to develop their emotional vocabulary and act as a visual aid for explaining the facial…

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KS2 & KS3 Exploring the Sense of Touch

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Pupils' explored the 5 senses grounding technique 5-4-3-2-1 of touch helping to regulate emotions. Pupils used plasticine creating an object of their choice - a multi-coloured snowman and birthday cake for a family member.

 

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Y8 Charcoal African Maps and Ancient Egypt

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Y8 have developed their skills using charcoal to create African maps. Learning about Ancient Egypt pupils created the African continent using metallic acrylic paint to reflect the opulence of Ancient Egyptian art and artefacts.

 

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KS2 Living Things and Their Habitats

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Key Stage 2 pupils have been studying living things and their habitats in Science. This week we have been looking at human life cycles. Pupils described how humans are set apart from other species, as mammals, and the different stages they go through from birth to adulthood.

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World Maths Day 2023 - Mathletics

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For World Maths Day we are entering the Mathletics online competition. This morning's assembly linked International Womens' Day with famous female mathematicians.

  • Ada Lovelace
  • Shakuntala Devi
  • Emmy Noether
  • Sophie Germain
  • Maria Gaetana Agnesi
  • Sofia Kovalevskaya
  • Hypatia
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Y8 Art Using Charcoal to Create Tonal Value Designs

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Year 8 pupils have been exploring the properties of charcoal and learning about the history of charcoal in art. Here, they've explored ruler effects using blending techniques, they've used both vine and loose charcoal to form tonal value abstract designs.

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Willow Bank Wanderers St Helens 10K Run

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Staff team "Willow Bank Wanderers" completed the St Helens10K run on Sunday 5th March. Fortunately no one collapsed on North Road! The next event in our illustrious running career will be at Tatton Park on Saturday 13th May.

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