A group of our Sixth Form students had a fantastic time last week, taking in all the information from the many colleges at Oxford University. They attended a number of talks and taster sessions to help support their UCAS application. After an informative day on Friday, the students completed tasks…
Congratulations to our new Sixth Form Senior Leadership Team, Lauren Haxby, Matilda Clague, Luca Parlato and Matilda Turpin. We are really looking forward to working with them over the coming year.
On Monday 26th June, A Level Biology students attended a local field trip to sample seaweed on the Port Jack end of Douglas Beach. This was part of their Practical Endorsement for their Biology A Level course. Students and staff enjoyed the sunny weather to walk to the site and survey the beach. St…
On Monday the Year 12 Geography students visited Douglas Beach. The aim is to identify what coastal processes are occurring on the beach and then they are going to look at sustainable ways of managing the beach. In tropical conditions, lots of measurements and observations were made and then the an…
Our former student, Lizzie Holden, has become the 2023 Elite Women's British Time Trial Champion after taking first place in the elite women’s time-trial in Darlington on Wednesday 21st June, bettering her third place finish at last year’s event. Lizzie clocked a time of 37:02.14 to take the covete…
On Friday, 44 Year 10 students visited the River Neb for the day as part of their iGCSE Geography coursework. Their assignment was to investigate erosion on the River Neb, so the group visited various sites on the way down to see what changes occurred to the width, depth and stone size. We all had…
Politics students were able to take part in another Zoom call this week, thanks to the Politics Project. This time they met with Conservative MP for Cleethorpes, Martin Vickers. The students has some excellent questions for Martin, about his role as an MP, the current state of the Conservative part…
This week, 7 of our Year 8 prize winners were taken to the Energy from Waste Plant by the Geography Department. As part of their course they had to produce work on what the plant does, where it is located and how it fits in to the bigger picture of energy production on the Isle of Man. The best pie…
The Upper and Lower School SPCs had a very successful visit to the Grandstand and TT Paddock last week. The sun was shining and it was a great atmosphere to take in the bikes and a quick ice cream and TT burger! Thanks to the riders and teams who took the time to show us their bikes and have photos…