FOREST SCHOOLS
At Forest School we often work in the garden. We have been planting potatoes and bluebells. We
have tried to clean out the pond so that frogs will live in it. There are lots of weeds, so we have to
dig them out.
Also, we have been doing mountain biking which I really like because we see beautiful views and
different areas. One of my favourite activities was visiting the new town, Houlton, which is a
settlement, where we looked round the show homes and the new school. It was interesting to see
the different designs of the houses.
I have developed different skills outside of my classroom.
Lisa Rosewall, 7SSP
BUSINESS & COMPUTING
Years 7 and 8
Students are currently working on two creative projects
Year 7 have just completed the unit on databases and are moving onto desktop publishing. Here
they will create a leaflet on a chosen endangered species taken from the database provided. This
is a very creative unit and students are enjoying the unit which also gives them an opportunity to
use a graphic package like Adobe Fireworks to create a logo.
Year 8 are working on web development. They will learn to use a variety of applications to create
the resources for their website; Adobe Fireworks, Ms Publisher, Adobe Audition and Dreamweav-
er. This is a very creative unit and enables students to continue to develop the ICT which will be-
come vital as they progress through the educational system and the wider working world.
Key Stage 4 Computer science & ICT
Year 9 continue to work on programming in python.
Year 10 Computer Science are currently looking at data representation, this unit examines how
computers record, save and playback sound. They will later move back to python programming
language. Parents are encouraged to make sure that students have Python downloaded and are
practicing their programming skills.
Exams – ICT & Computer Science
Year 10 ICT students have just sat the Unit 1 / Level 2 ICDA exam. We would like to say a mas-
sive well done to all who sat the 2½ hrs on screen exam. Their behaviour was impeccable. Thank
you for making it an easy process, we hope you all do well.
Year 11 ICT and Computer Science groups have come to the end of the course and will be taking
their exams on Tuesday 15 th May. We wish them all the best from the Computing Department.
Revisions sessions will be running throughout this week and next Monday, please come
along and be as prepared as you can be for your first paper. Good luck.