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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

Comic Relief football festival

The plans were set in place in January for a Comic Relief football festival involving staff and students from Grafham Grange  and St Dominic’s School. We didn’t want a festival for just the elite so we decided to split into …
26th March 2019

It’s a draw!!

Grafham Grange Senior Football Team welcomed Wandle Valley for the first fixture of 2019. Wandle arrived a little later than expected and with reduced numbers, so the game was seven- a-side on the 3G. Grafham started the game well and …
6th February 2019

Posh Nosh competition

The Year 10 students held a ‘Posh Nosh competition’ with an esteemed panel of judges, including Mrs Janet Tremble, Ms Anna French and Mr Derek Hume. The students created their own designs and laid on quite a feast! First up …
30th January 2019

Employee of the Year

We are thrilled to announce that the school Chef, Arkangle, who works with us through Connect Catering, has won Employee of The Year at Connect’s Company Conference. Arkangle attended the event to receive his award. Well done Arkangle, keep up …
20th December 2018

Anti-Bullying week

As part of Anti-Bullying week the school held a poster competition with vouchers up for grabs. We originally decided on one overall winner, however the engagement in the competition and the quality of work was so high that we raided …
17th December 2018

Off to the Victoria & Albert Museum

Newlands have been learning about Mexico and last week they learnt about the Mexican festival ‘Day of the Dead’. As part of this, we visited the V&A museum in London which was holding a Day of the Dead exhibition. The …
20th November 2018

Year 9 work on their Motoring Skills

Every week this half term, Year 9 students have been visiting the GASP Motor Project near Albury. They have been learning to carry out basic motor mechanics and practical engineering skills which aim to prepare them in a practical way …
17th September 2018

Year 10 visit Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Portsmouth

Year 10 enjoyed some time away from school visiting Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Portsmouth. They were treated to some glorious sunshine and took part in various outdoor activities including tent pitching, tug of war and orienteering. They demonstrated their …
17th September 2018

Grafham Grange School converts to Academy status and joins OHCAT

We are delighted to confirm that Grafham Grange School converted to academy status on 1st January 2018 and has joined Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (OHCAT). We look forward to working together with the family of schools within OHCAT to …
17th September 2018