On Thursday 16th May, girls from Year 7 and 8 took part in their first year group match of the term at St Olave’s. They refused to let the weather dampen their spirits and performed very well in … [Read more...]
Bookworms – Year 8
May 20, 2013 By
All but one of our Year 8 Bookworms gave a thumbs up to Slated by Teri Terry. Adjectives used to describe it ranged from creepy and twisted to upsetting and depressing, but everyone felt they could … [Read more...]
Baroque Around The Clock
April 25, 2013 By
Our Year 8 pupils have been researching Baroque composers in their Music lessons and they have come up with some weird and wonderful ways to present the information they found. Vivaldi, Bach, … [Read more...]
Topping The Charts In History
April 25, 2013 By
The Year 8 historians have been tapping into their creative and musical abilities this week. Building upon their research over the last few lessons into the causes and events of the French … [Read more...]
Charting The Solar System
April 24, 2013 By
Some of our Year 8 pupils enjoyed a unique, if blustery, experience earlier this week when they went out to the fields in their Science lesson to try to appreciate the distances involved in the Solar … [Read more...]
Normandy Trip
April 15, 2013 By
Twenty-four of our Year 7 and 8 pupils enjoyed a visit to Normandy this Easter holiday, taking in the castle and abbeys at Caen, Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry and Pegasus Bridge, not to … [Read more...]
U13 Hockey Team Win District Tournament
March 25, 2013 By
The U13 hockey squad have had two successes in recent weeks. Firstly, they qualified for the North-East semi-final of the National Schools Championship, finishing fourth out of six teams but … [Read more...]
Bookworms – Year 8
January 28, 2013 By
Our Year 8 pupils had a lovely Bookworms meeting on Friday at the end of a snowy week. Everyone had read and largely enjoyed Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie. We found out that one of our members … [Read more...]
Making ‘Mocktails’ In Year 8 PSHCE
December 13, 2012 By
As part of their PSHCE lessons on alcohol awareness, Year 8 pupils designed and made their own 'Mocktails' this week. They developed some superb tasting concoctions and learnt that fun and … [Read more...]
Class 5D’s Special Remembrance Day
November 14, 2012 By
Junior School Class 5D were invited by West Yorkshire Police to attend the annual Police Remembrance Service at their memorial in Laburnum Road in Wakefield on Friday 9th November. Along with four … [Read more...]
