On the evening of Friday 25th March the English department was delighted to be able to take ninety KS3 students on two coaches to see the new production of Wonder Boy at the Bristol Old Vic. This eye-popping production is the tale of 12-year-old Sonny, who invents a superhero, to help him with his stammer. The production uses creative captioning projected onto the back wall, eye-popping, zingy neon, along with huge laugh-out-loud moments from the very first minute and also tender, tear-jerking scenes, keeping the whole audience thoroughly engaged throughout. The staff involved hope to run similar theatre trips in the future now that covid restrictions have ended.

We were all very excited to finally get away on our long-awaited rugby tour. All our kit had arrived and looked fantastic; a big thank you to Sarah Sharpe for the design and Monster Clothing for the shirts and training tops. We arrived in a very w

Our netballers enjoyed a visit to watch the Severn Stars play the Celtic Dragons

Year 10 and 11 students enjoyed an innovative production of Animal Farm at the Theatre Royal in Bath

As part of Flexible Learning Day last term, half of year 8 had the opportunity to take part in the V&A Museum Innovate, an annual National Schools Challenge, asking students in KS3 to work in teams to design a solution to a real-world problem.