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We’re absolutely bursting with pride! Oli and Seb have been nominated for
@NTLearningTrust
Star Awards. Seb for his work supporting
@CHUFOfficial
and Oli for being 1 of 8 (and the youngest ever) athletes to represent England in Power chair football. Huge well done
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A massive congratulations to Oli C who has been selected as 1 of only 8 players to play for England at the Home Nations Power-chair Football tournament. Oli is one of the youngest EVER players to represent his country! We’re so so proud of you
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Wow, what an exciting first day our new Year 9 have had! Students have been experiencing WBHS student life and exploring the school site. Every student had a tour of the school, flying their tutor group flag high as they went. We're super proud of you all!
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We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that Aoife (9AMC) has been selected to represent ENGLAND U15 Schoolgirls for the 2022/23 international season. We're bursting with pride for you. You've worked so hard for this, and now is your time to shine!
@wbhspe
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A massive well done to Mrs Lawson and Mr Lee (and all other WBHS staff) who have completed the
#GreatNorthRun
#GNR22
today and raised funds for some great charities
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Celebrating our 76 Year 9 students who achieved All-1s in their most recent settling in check. Amazing to see so many students embracing the
@whitleybayhigh
ethos this early into their journey with us! Massive well done!
Yet more amazing news! Oli 9BPB spent Easter with the England Development Team in the Home Nations tournament. England won ALL of their matches, winning the tournament overall, with Oli being joint top goal scorer with 5 goals! Unbelievable Jeff
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@thewfauk
What a glorious evening it is at Stonehaugh. The groups have been utterly brilliant today and checkpointed fantastically. Meals are being cooked, tents are being put up, and camp games are being played. It’s genuinely our pleasure to be here
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Today, Year 9 students from Cipher Club have arrived at
@bletchleypark
. Learning all about the vital work undertaken here during WW2 encoding German Enigma messages, gathering crucial evidence to aid the national war effort.
#CipherClub
#BletchleyPark
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Y9 🚨INTERNATIONAL🚨 Athlete alert!
Following an brilliant trial, George 9ACD was selected to play Ice Hockey for England! 🏒 George and his team played in a tournament this weekend, coming away with 2 victories against Scotland! Woohoo!
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@wbhspe
@EIHA_Official
And with that, the sun sets on an utterly fantastic DofE practice day 1! What a fantastic group. Loads of teamwork on display. Resilience, grit and determination galore. We’re so proud of each and every one of you. Sleep well, you’ve earned it!
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@DofE
Oli was shortlisted for the
@NTLearningTrust
2023 Star Awards, and tonight Mr Yarde had the absolute pleasure to accompany Oli to the ceremony at St James Park and Oli WON the category! We knew you’re amazing, now so does all of North Tyneside
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#NTLTStarAwards10
Straight back from half term and straight back to the football pitch for our Y9 team, and wow, news coming through from Mr Hodson & Mr Burton is that the team has just smashed a 10-0 victory in the next round of the County Cup
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📢Important News for the New Academic Year in September 2023! 📢
Following your assembly this morning, we thought it best to share the new changes and expectations for when you all start Year 10 in September! Please see the screenshots below
Absolutely blown away by our Y9 Rise & Readers in their first session in the Library today! You could hear a pin drop as students were so engrossed in their books.
“It’s not that you don’t like reading, you just haven’t found the right book for you yet”
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Year 9 Mock Trial students, more like ‘Regional Final Winner' of the 2023 Magistrates' Court Mock Trial Competition! Woohoo! Our Year 9 team were successful in winning this final stage of the competition and now hold the regional title. A fantastic achievement!
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We can't believe how fast this year flew by! 🚀 We are so proud of all our amazing students and their incredible achievements throughout the year 🎉👏 We wish everyone a safe and relaxing summer holiday ☀️🏖️ Enjoy the break, you've earned it! 💙
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Somehow, someone has made time go 8 times as fast as normal, and we've somehow only got one week left of Term 1! It feels like only yesterday we were welcoming you to WBHS in September. 14 weeks later, you are fully fledged Whitley High students! Let's make this week as amazing!
Some great photos coming through from Mrs Lawson from the Hawkhirst trip! It looks like the students are having an absolute blast! We can’t wait to hear all the stories when you all get back!
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#WBHSHawkhirst
Aoife (
#20
) comes back to school today having spent the last few days representing Ireland U16. After a closely contested game, Aoife and her teammates triumphed over Denmark on penalties! A great international experience for Aoife, we’re so proud of you!
@wbhspe
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That's all folks! What a 15 brilliant weeks of Yr9 it has been. With the last school day of 2022 done & dusted, all there is left to say is, we hope you have a great & well deserved Xmas break, a happy & safe New Year, and we'll see you bright & early on 9-Jan-23!
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A massive thank you to
@Siemens
for the SeeMe Engineering & Careers workshop today! 53 very excited students now know a little more about what they might want to do in the future!
#STEM
#Engineering
#SeeMe
Wow! It's half-term already! How has that happened?! It feels like it was only yesterday that we were welcoming you to
@whitleybayhigh
as new students! Thank you for all your hard work and enthusiasm this half term. Have a restful break, and we can't wait to see you back soon!
Despite overnight -2 chills and a frosty morning for staff, the weather has turned glorious in time for our Y10 students arriving in Simonburn to start their Bronze DofE practice expedition. 14km of beautiful Northumberland countryside ahead before reaching camp
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During tutorial this morning, students will be emailed a PE extra-curricular timetable. We find that our most successful students are our busiest students, so please encourage your child to come along and try a club / sport / activity.
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A huge thank you to Sarah, Ione, Megan and Jade from Newcastle University for their fascinating CSI Newcastle sessions this morning. And a huge well done to the student who were involved. You were amazing and represented the school amazingly & did yourselves proud
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It feels like only yesterday we were welcoming you to WBHS as brand new year 9, and yet here we are today, launching your GCSE options process to you in assembly this morning!
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Congratulations to Y9 on another FANTASTIC half term! Can you believe its only one more half term to go until you're in Y10 and starting GCSE?! It feels like only yesterday you joined us from your middle schools! Have an amazing, fun-filled and safe half term
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Our very own Seb (AMR) featured on Channel 4's
#GeordieHospital
last night. We're so proud that the world got the chance to see the Seb that we have the pleasure of teaching in school every single day.
@Seb4chuf
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Tonight’s episode of
#GeordieHospital
follows Seb’s heart surgery. Celebrating everything that is good about our NHS; specifically the phenomenally humble - Mr Hasan & the simply fabulous Lisa. Along with their amazing team, we owe them everything! 🙏♥️🌈
#HeartHeroSeb
Every Monday we’ll bring you a new bit of motivation to start your week off the best it can be! “The time for new beginnings is now”
#MondayMotivation
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What a lovely way to start a week! Following the first progress check in Y10, we invited all 72 (!) who got All-1’s to a celebration event in the lecture theatre this morning. Fantastic! We’re so proud of you all! Well done!
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Aoife (9AMC) is on an official Panini sticker! The England U15 Schoolgirls’ will be travelling up to Glasgow this weekend for the Bob Docherty Tournament. They play RoI, NI & Scot, hoping to win the tournament for the 1st time since 2016 Good luck girls!
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A massive thank you to all the Year 9 helpers at our Open Evening last night. You were perfect ambassadors for the school, and we're so incredibly proud of each and every one of you!
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A massive congratulations to our Y9 students who have received their Art awards that they completed at
@valleygardensnt
! We’re super proud to see that you’ve been amazing throughout your school career, and continue that success at WBHS
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Yesterday and Today, The
@AnneFrankTrust
have been delivering insightful sessions to students on some very important and current topics facing students today in society, Homophobia, Islamophobia and Gender Equality. A massive thank you to Mr Rule for organising
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What a truly fantastic weekend we’ve had on our
@DofE
practice expedition. All staff agree that this has been our best group yet! We’re so proud of how well you’ve all done this weekend! Have a well deserved rest and lovely tea tonight, you’ve definitely earned it
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What an absolutely fantastic day with Mark, Russell & Louis for the
@TICE_UK
Design & Motion workshop! Students were engaged from start to finish, and learned some amazing skills to take into their projects. Thank you again to Mark & Russell!
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@NTLearningTrust
There's no better day to find out that Beth (9AMR) has qualified to swim 200 metres butterfly at the upcoming British swimming championships in Sheffield next week than sports day! It's a great day for sports! Congratulations Beth!
#BSC23
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@britishswimming
A massive well done to Abbie, Florence, Daisy, Anna, Wilf and Amelie for getting through to the next round of the
@theESU
Churchill Public Speaking competition. Especially considering they were up against teams of Year 11s! What an amazing performance! Well done
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An absolutely phenomenal achievement from one of our ex-students,
@Burt8Daisy
! And a huge opportunity going forward for girls across the region to aspire to join Daisy on the pitch as a professional footballer, and see a genuine pathway to achieve that goal. Brilliant!
@wbhspe
Going pro at 17🤯
Couldn’t of done this without the support of some amazing coaches, my family and everyone involved at NUW.
What a pivotal day for girls in the north east who can now be a professional footballer where they grew up🖤🤍
this club man😍
What a great way to start the day! Students who were awarded All-1’s in their most recent progress check were invited to a celebration event in the lecture theatre with the Year Team and school leadership. We’re so very proud of you all!
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Oli and
@newcastle_pfc
charge all the way to the final in their 1st ever cup entry! After a hotly contested game, the team narrowly missed out on victory, the experiences Oli & team gained will no doubt help the charge next season. Congratulations team!
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Newcastle University
@STEMNewcastle
are in school today. 40 Year 9 are helping investigate CSI Newcastle with session in cryptology, DNA extraction, soil science and historical cold cases!
#whoDoneIt
?
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We're on a roll, it's only the first week back and there's even more great news to share! Alfie (9EAA) passed his Police Cadet induction training last night! We're so proud of you Alfie. Congratulations
@NpolCadets
@northumbriapol
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It’s a foggy start for the second and final day of our Assessed DofE bronze expedition. The forecast looks good in a few hours, but first, a real weather induced map reading and navigation test for a few hours!
Rosters for the England U16 and U14 teams heading to Dumfries this weekend 🏴
Good luck to all players selected for what is bound to be an exciting weekend of hockey! 👏
Just a quick reminder that we have chosen to support
@TheBAYFoodbank
for our Christmas charity initiative this year. The image below shows the wishlist. Donations can be dropped off at Y9 Office in C-Block by Fri 16th Dec. Please only donate what / if you can
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And we’re off for
@DofE
Bronze Assessed 2024! The groups have set off from Simonburn, staff are deployed at checkpoints, and the weather is glorious. What a way to spend a weekend!
After months of planning, it's finally here!
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Challenge Week 2023 is go! We've got students doing all sorts of activities over the next three days, and we can't wait to share all these amazing things with you. Have an excellent Challenge Week everyone!
#WBHSCW2023
As part of our annual Xmas Charity project, we have chosen to support
@TheBAYFoodbank
as a year group. Students were given the details of the donation wish list during tutorial today. We have stressed students should only donate if they are in a position to do so.
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The smell coming from Food Tech today just proved too alluring for Mr Yarde to ignore. Two amazing year 9 classes making totally handmade chips and dips! They smell absolutely divine! A few future Michelin Star Winners here for sure!
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Oli (10BPB) rocketing to the top end of the top scorer's board after game week 1. What a fantastic start by Oli and the team! Woohoo!
@wbhspe
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Top Goalscorers from Gameweek 1 of the 2023/24
@PTCBio
Premiership! 🔷
Newcastle United Foundation PFC's Sam Smith leads the scorer charts with 7️⃣ goals from the opening Premiership weekend! 👏
#PowerchairFootball
The last Rise & Read of 2022 is well underway. You could hear a pin drop as Y9 are lost in the world of fiction and the shelves of knowledge! A lovely bacon sandwich awaited our readers this morning as a well done for an excellent term of reading
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We're SO proud of our Year 10 football team, who travel to Longbenton after school today to contest the FINAL of the Northumberland Schools County Cup.
Win or lose, you've been exceptional, but 🤞🏻 the silverware comes home with you!
@wbhspe
#HawayTheBay
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A slightly delayed
#MondayMotivation
this week, but a Tuesday motivation is just as effective!
“Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can!”
Have a great week Year 9!
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**Year 9 GCSE Options Info**
--Key Dates--
11th Jan - Assembly to students
17th Jan - Virtual Info Evening hosted on WBHS website
6th Feb - Guidance meetings with students begin
--Key Docs:--
Letter:
Booklet:
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Some more photos from our Gifted & Talented event, held in the Sixth Form Study Area. Pictured are the winners for each of the core subject areas - English, Maths & Science. Congratulations to the winners, but also to EVERYONE that took part abs created a project.
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Welcome to Y9 Monopoly! Over the next 7wks students will aim to collect as many houses as possible to fill their class board. Each week will provide chances to collect houses across selected subjects. Houses are awarded for Effort, Attitude & Getting Involved
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What an absolutely PHENOMENAL afternoon. We’re beyond words with the talent we’ve seen this afternoon. And then burst with pride when our students joined the
@nyo_gb
to play a piece! AMAZING
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Although Challenge Week doesn't officially start until next week, the Model
@UN
group had a fantastic opportunity to meet
@alancampbellmp
today. The students asked some insightful and thoughtful questions. A big thank you to Sir Alan for your time today
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#WBHSWC23
Our Y10 students just wrapped up an amazing first week in our brand-new school! 🏫🌟 The energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to learning has been truly inspiring. Here's to a year filled with growth, discovery, and endless possibilities! 🚀🌈
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#TheAdventureContinues
Our Oli just keeps going from strength to strength!
Unbelievably proud of everyone on of our athletes. We can't wait to see you all succeed on a global stage!
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@wbhspe
Introducing your 2022/23
@GoalsBG
Premiership Young Player of the Season! 🤩
🥇 Dan McLellan - Aspire PFC
🥈 Oli Crawshaw - Newcastle United Foundation PFC
🥉 Mitchel Tinkler - Teesside PFC
📸:
@ASJPhotography
#PowerchairFootball
It’s design time! Students are currently researching typography, patterns, and clean styles, using Pinterest for Designpiration for the chocolate bar mood board
@TICE_UK
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All students have now had their IT induction in relation to accessing Emails, Teams and OneDrive both at home, and on the school network. Please find an attached guide below to assist you in accessing your child's IT services at home.
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Our Y10 HPQ students are attending an Academic Research Skills workshop at Newcastle University
@uniofnewcastle
today! We can't wait to read all the project reports!
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🌟 Cheers to another fantastic week, Year 10 superstars! 🌟 You've shown incredible dedication and enthusiasm in your studies. 📚 Now, let's make the weekend count! Enjoy some well-deserved R&R, and don't forget to tackle that homework. Keep up the amazing work!
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What a fantastic experience today has been for our Year 9's at the Career Clinic! Lots of new opportunities explored about life after school. A huge thank you to our amazing students who took part, and an equally big thank you to the external visitors to!
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Marathon success for Anna (9ACD)! Anna was a member of the North East team at the TCS London Mini Marathon. What a fantastic achievement
"I really enjoyed it & had loads of fun" - Anna.
We have no doubt the smiles were even bigger at the end! Well done
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@wbhspe
Congratulations to Matthew, Isla & Jonathan who were announced as our Photo Competition winners! These photos will be used for our praise post cards.
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Congratulations to the students who got All-1’s in their most recent Progress Check 2! We getting to share the celebration of your achievements with you
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A great big
#MondayMotivation
(and the last for this half term!) from 9AER! Taking inspiration from 9ACG a few weeks ago!
“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want!”
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Absolutely amazing results, and so proud of everyone who took part, especially in the snow!
But especially proud of Anna "County Champion" Johnson of 10ACD! What an achievement. We know how hard you've worked Anna, and hope it didn't take too long to warm up!
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Perfect cross country weather. Incredible effort by our students at the Northumberland Cross country championships. 8 qualified to represent the County with Anna Johnson winning her race to become County champion
Well done to our fabulous Year 9 students competing in the regional Penathlon Xtend championships. They were representing the school and North Tyneside and finished 3rd! Super achievement
Well done to 9DVP/RAP who, after a full week of the full form class being in full uniform, won a visit from Agnes the Uniform Unicorn! A massive well done and enjoy your breakfast prize. Will Agnes be visiting your form class next week? It’s up to you!
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Some how, it's half term break already! We think it's been our best half term yet. It's crazy to think that students have now completed 21 of their 39 weeks of Y9, and what a brilliant 21 weeks they've been. So many achievements, big and small, to celebrate.
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Just a reminder of our weekly routine for morning tutorials each week. Registration sets students up for the successful day ahead.
Occasionally, Y9 might have an extra assembly on Wednesday. If so, this will be communicated to students via their form tutor
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9AMR's Monopoly board is absolutely jam packed with Houses! What an amazing effort from each and every member of the form group! Mr Yarde couldn't resist a little photobomb of 9AMR's celebrations!
Following successful auditions, Isla and Jess will be performing as part of the
@EYBallet
's Coppelia this September at
@SundEmpire
! What a fantastic achievement. Lots of hard work and rehearsals ahead, but we know you'll be amazing! Huge well done girls!
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@wbhspe
As part of Day 1, the Board game crew went to
@RetroBayCafe
! What a great venue, lot's of happy students, and some staff reliving their youth with some cool retro consoles and games!
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#WBHSCW2023
Congratulations to 9AMC who won this half terms cakes! Their tutor group completed 16 Battle of the Books challenges between them! Well done everyone!
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#BattleOfTheBooks
Today,
#SirDavidAttenborough
* introduced Year 9 to one of the rarest of beasts, the Uniform Unicorn! Students, working together as a form group, all work towards winning the weekly
#UniformUnicorn
breakfast prize by coming to school in perfect uniform every day!
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Congratulations to our week two
#UniformUnicorn
winners, 9AMC & 9AMR! Agnes the Uniform Unicorn only visits a form class who has perfect uniform for one whole week! Could it be you next week?
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🎄✨ Wishing our Y10 students and families a Merry Christmas, joyful holidays, and a Happy New Year! 🎉
The way you have began your GCSE journey has been a pleasure to watch, and we can't wait to see more in 2024. Enjoy the festive season and here's to a fantastic year ahead!
As part of the Y10 induction week activities, we asked students and tutors to take part in a Photo Challenge to help them orientate themselves around our fantastic new facilities!
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