Skills for Learning

Year 7 Continents Design Competition

by Sarah Bedwell | Dec 1, 2015 | Front Page News, House Continents, Skills for Learning

The Year 7 students took part in a Continents competition in the Zone on Tuesday last week. In groups they were asked to come up with a pop up café/restaurant based around their continent. They designed the café/restaurant building and plan, company name & logo,...

S4L Garden Update

by Sarah Bedwell | Jun 4, 2015 | Front Page News, Skills for Learning

Our Skills for Learning garden is really starting to take shape. A few weeks ago several of our students planted seeds in the mini-greenhouses we have in the Zone, and yesterday Callum Plane and Ibrahim Majjid took some time after school to plant their dwarf French...

Skills for Learning Garden

by Sarah Bedwell | May 7, 2015 | Front Page News, Skills for Learning

Last week students in Skills for Learning got started on building our kitchen garden. They had already completed some research on food production, looking at how various fruits and vegetables go from farm to fork, as well as helping to create a planting calendar for...

A Request from Skills for Learning

by Sarah Bedwell | Mar 17, 2015 | Front Page News, Skills for Learning

We are planning a very special project in Skills for Learning, and we need some help. If you have any large plastic soft drink or water bottles at home (1.5L or bigger), instead of throwing them away please wash them out and send them in to the Zone. We appreciate...

Learners of the Week

by Sarah Bedwell | Nov 29, 2013 | Front Page News, Skills for Learning, Students

Every week in Skills for Learning, one or two students from each group are selected as our Learner of the Week. Students receive a certificate and pen, as well as V30 and a letter is sent home. Congratulations to the students who have so far been awarded their Bronze...

Year 7 House Captains

by Sarah Bedwell | Oct 25, 2013 | Front Page News, Skills for Learning, Students

After two rounds of voting, our Year 7 House Captains have been elected! Congratulations to all students who put themselves forward and took the risk of speaking in front of their peers, and congratulations to our successful nominees! Yellow House Captains: Safia...