February February

The 5th February was the second training walk for Duke of Edinburgh Bronze students. Perfect weather with great company!

Although a few route deviations meant a return to the start it was a really enjoyable day.

Well done everybody!

It has been a real delight to see the experiences that students are getting from their Duke of Edinburgh award. Miss Gibson has put a summary graphic here and a selection of photographs students have shared

On Sunday 26th February the Silver Duke of Edinburgh students in years 10 and 12 completed their first training walk of 16K in distance

This walk was around the West Wight, so have a range of different terrains The five hour walk required students to follow a route using their navigation skills.

All students were in good spirits and performed really well in terms of their physical effort with the walk as well as their navigation and team work.

Well done everyone!

On the 7th February we welcomed Drake from Vestas, who talked about his job role, Vestas as an international company, and different careers within the company.

This is part of our STEM/Maritime careers week. Thank you Drake for joining us!

The year 13 geographers have been preparing for their fieldwork by profiling the borough of Newham and evaluating the success of regeneration strategies in Custom House, Hallsville Quarter and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

On Thursday 9th February wehad an amazing treat atlunch time! Sixth Form student Aneirin was joined by band members Now Only who played for us. Such an incredible experience.

Here they are gathering evidence from the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation) maps, Council reports and OfNS (Office for National Statistics) data in order to evaluate the impact of the 2012 London Olympics 10 years on.