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Final Yr11 letter – 14th May 2021

Spending time in green space or bringing nature into your everyday life can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. For example, doing things like growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors or being around animals can have lots of positive effects. The following guide from Mind shares lots of different ways that we can bring…
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This week you can listen to the audiobook of The Boy Who Made the World Disappear by Ben Miller here for FREE! There’s also a video where you can hear more from the author, a Q&A all about reading and the chance to find out Ben’s top three children’s books.

Are you an aspiring leader? Dame Vivian Hunt, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, is a globally recognized thought leader on productivity and skills, leadership, and diversity topics. She was previously named ‘the most influential black woman in Britain’ by the Powerlist Foundation and The Financial Times identified her as one of the ‘European Women to…
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Congratulations to all the nominees this week – keep up the good work! Fantastic Friday 07.05.2021

History recently ran a Castle Competition for Y7 students. Here are some of the wonderful entries created in a virtual manner e.g. fortnite and minecraft. Some fantastic models were also built. The following ones were created by Zayd and Lacey – well done!    

The theme this year is ‘Nature’. For top tips, FAQs. resources and how to get involved see here. Students have been getting involved, enjoying nature in the garden of reflection, filling the new planters – we can’t wait to see them in full bloom!        

Our author of the week, A.M. Dassu, is sharing her book Boy, Everywhere for you to read here for FREE! It’s all about Sami’s journey to the UK to escape the war in Syria. You can watch a video all about why A.M. Dassu wrote the book and how she broke down stereotypes about Syria, discover…
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All students have access to the Bedrock system and can enter the competition now for their chance to win!!!! Good luck!

Update letter 30th April 2021