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Grafham gets creative!

Art this term has been centred around ‘natural form’. Each year group identified a key area of natural form and studied various aspects around the theme. Each week students focus on an art medium and produce work using a specific …
21st October 2020

Introducing a new sport to PE

Students have been enjoying outdoor PE sessions this half-term, they have been able to experience and participate in a range of different sports. Year 6s, 9s and 10s have been developing their skills in football, whilst the Year 11s have …
21st October 2020

Healing Together

COVID 19 has increased the anxieties of some students. So, we are proud that two members of our staff team have completed their ‘Healing Together’ training. Healing together is a programme designed to support young people who are vulnerable as a result the COVID-19 pandemic. …
22nd September 2020

Quad bikes!

All the students and staff would like to say a massive thank you to Lee Neesham and all the staff at Yamaha who serviced the school quad bikes for free!! This week we got the quad bikes up and running …
20th July 2020

Thank you to the key workers!

We wanted to show our support for all key workers and NHS staff by making a poster to go at the bottom of the school drive. A poster competition was launched for students both at home and at school to …
12th June 2020

Art club

Grafham’s Art Club have been running a weekly art challenge theme. Each week students have come up with some brilliant and creative pieces. This weeks theme was animals and the students didn’t fail to impress! Pictured here you can see …
5th June 2020

Garden renovation project

Over several weeks we have been renovating one of our garden areas. The students have enjoyed various aspects of gardening including weeding, digging, sowing, repotting, watering and maintaining the garden. Plans are in place to redesign the gardening area to …
5th June 2020

Paper mache fun!

This week two students had a great time making paper Mache bowls, one student even decided to turn his into an alien (as pictured). Other students have been trying out different science experiments and made some interesting discoveries using red cabbage …
22nd May 2020

Keeping busy at home

We have enjoyed keeping in touch with our pupils and finding out what they been doing at home. One student is keeping himself busy doing DIY jobs around the house. Over the past week or so he has repaired a …
22nd May 2020

Product design

In Art, students have been working on product design. Each year group are looking into the world of packaging, marketing and advertising. Students have been using various skills and research techniques to answer the question; What makes good packaging? Some …
10th February 2020

Planters Project

In Design & Technology students have brought back the ‘Planters Project’ from last year and student Jamie has made an excellent planter to use at home (pictured below). Students have also been getting back to nature by building bird boxes …
15th January 2020

Christmas celebrations in Food Technology!

Students have been celebrating Christmas in their Food Technology lessons. They have been constructing gingerbread houses and taking part in a yule log decorating competition. The chocolate brownie made by Jay was the winner of the Christmas competition!
15th December 2019