The year 12 Geography students have spent the day at Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve collecting data in both sand dunes and salt marsh environments. They will now use the skills they have learnt in preparation for their NEA coursework.
Year 9 – Enterprise Day 2023
The event was held Wednesday 5th July for the whole of Year 9, as a first introduction to possible career routes. They had the opportunity to speak to external Business Advisors from many local businesses, including NatWest, NHS Corporate, IBM, BAE Systems, PepsiCo and a Surveyor from Lincoln City Council to name few. In fact, we were supported by 18 Business Advisors.
They completed a range of activities from building a spaghetti and marshmallow tower to designing a career App for them to use in the future.
Quotes from the Business Advisors:
“Very well organised with interesting and thought-provoking activities”
“Whole day was excellent, with clear instructions from the team”
The event was run by the BTEC Sixth Form Business students alongside the Business Department to support their qualification.
Well done to all students and Business Advisors for a successful day.
Geography – Year 7 Trip to Edale
Yesterday, some of our year 7 Geographers visited Edale in the Peak District to conduct a river study. They carried out fieldwork on two different parts of the river. This included measuring the width and depth of the river, the velocity (speed) and also taking sediment samples. All of the students were involved in the fieldwork, and it was a great way to link some of their knowledge they had learnt on the topic of rivers in lessons to a real-life example! Click on the images below to see the Year 7 students in action!
Food Technology – Cheesecakes
Website Update – Behaviour Curriculum
We have reviewed and updated our Academy behaviour curriculum in preparation for September. A link can be found below: https://branstonca.lincs.sch.uk/behaviour-curriculum/
All students have been informed and introduced to these changes via assemblies this week, and will be reminded again in September.
At the bottom of the page is a PDF of ‘Expectations’ that has been explicitly explained to students this week as ‘non-negotiables’.
Reading Group – Louie Stowell
Year 7’s from Mrs Sergeant’s reading group were treated to a fantastic session with Louie Stowell, author of the bestselling Loki books yesterday morning! The students thoroughly enjoyed it asking her some really tricky questions!
She emailed afterwards saying ‘Lovely to chat to the pupils! And VERY impressed with Jackson who spotted something I hadn’t fleshed out properly. If I go into that in a following book I will credit them! ‘
She finished the session introducing them to her dog Buffy!
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