The Geography Department have had a busy last couple of weeks taking part in three field work trips. Year 7 visited Charlton Lakes, Year 9 explored the New Forest and Year 10 visited Swanage and Lulworth Cove as part of their GCSE investigation of physical geography and the effects of tourism in the area. [...]
The Yr 11 Btec Diploma Drama group travelled to the home of Phil Bowen and Sue Best to join forces with the Mid-Powis Youth Theatre to perform an evening of 'Nonsense' in their 'Living Willow Theatre'. The MPYT performed works by Lewis Carroll whilst the Harrow Way group presented a show which told the [...]
The GCSE Geography Year 10 students went on a field trip visiting Lulworth Cove and Swanage on the 5th July. Despite the wet and windy weather the day was very enjoyable. Students studied the physical geography of the Dorset coast and the effects of tourists on the area. They looked at how erosion was [...]
On the 25th May, year 9 students spent a day at the New Forest. They visited Beaulieu, Lyndhurst and Whitefield Moor to help aid their investigation and collect data. They had to undertake an investigation into what does the New Forest have to offer visitors and what impact do visitors have on the New [...]
In the last week of June Year 7 students spent the morning investigating Charlton Lakes. Their task was to find out what impact visitors had made to the environment and how the impact can be managed so that local people can enjoy the facilities and wildlife.
All the students involved in Performing Arts will be very busy as we approach the end of term. Mrs Essop's Btec have performed their play 'Cars' which deals with the dangers of joyriding to Yr 8. On Tuesday a few of Yr 11 will travel to Wales to take part in a Youth Drama Festival [...]
Way back on 20th May, Mr Fluellen and Mr Garner led a small, brave troop of Year 11s on a trek from Andover to Winchester in aid of Save the Children. A cracking day was had by nearly all and if you don’t count the fact we lost both a student and a member of [...]