Creativity Festival 2023

20th July 2023J Ranson

For two days, all students have been taking part in a Creativity Festival. As well as trips to Arran, France, Edinburgh Zoo and Bamburgh Castle, there have been a ‘Publish Me’ project, a ‘create your own sport’ activity, cake and chocolate making, print making, graffiti, photography, music and much much more.

Our school reporters documented it all! Check out this video montage of all the activities on show:

For shorter reels and more photos, check out our recently launched Instagram page, @mardenhighschool

TICE Project Showcase

18th July 2023J Ranson

Some of our Year 9 students this year have taken part in a Photography showcase with TICE (This Is Creative Enterprise). Have a look at some of their work HERE and on this video:

Sports Day 2023

6th July 2023J Ranson

Our Sports Day on Monday was a tremendous success, with Alnwick just edging out Warkworth for the overall House trophy. Here’s a video montage of some of the highlights from a jam-packed day of events!

Creative Arts Festival Preview

26th June 2023J Ranson

Following on from Mrs Berriman’s assembly this morning, here is a recap of all the activities available to students on the 19th and 20th of July for our Creative Arts Festival. Students have until Thursday of this week to choose their activities!

Force of Nature!

5th June 2023J Ranson

Congratulations to Year 9 student Alex, a national finalist in the Tree Council’s Young Tree Champions campaign! Thank you for being a #ForceOfNature!

MP Visit

13th March 2023J Ranson

On Friday we were visited by local MP Sir Alan Campbell, who took part in a ‘Question Time’ style lecture with Year 9 students who have been doing work in English around social equality. He discussed his role in politics, the economy, and answered questions about social issues.

TICE: Developing Ideas

10th March 2023J Ranson

Moving on from our recent ‘Insight’ stage in school, Year 9 visited Northumbria University fashion department as they look to create more great fashion ideas as part of their TICE course.

TICE 2023

13th February 2023J Ranson

Here are some images from our recent TICE workshop with Year 9 students, who spent the day working on textiles, fashion and photography, their first of a series of workshops this year.

 

Supporting parents and carers with e-Safety

9th January 2023J Ranson

RESCHEDULED DATE!

e-Safety is an important part of keeping children safe in the modern world, and teaching children how to be safe online is a responsibility that we all share. Last term we launched our new e-SafetyĀ webpage, which includes weekly tips, safety guidance and information on popular apps, games and websites that are popular with children.
We would like to invite all KS3 parents/carers to ourĀ Keeping ChildrenĀ SafeĀ OnlineĀ information evening onĀ Wednesday 11 January 2022, starting atĀ 5.30pm.Ā The evening will include a presentation providing advice and guidance to parents and carers on how to support their child’s use of apps, games and websites, followed by an opportunity to ask any questions to Miss Laing and the Senior Leadership Team.
If you have any further questions about the informationĀ evening, please contact Miss Laing atĀ [email protected].

Year 9 Options Blocks

22nd December 2022J Ranson

Year 9 have now watched all of the screencasts for their options choices. In January they will be asked to pick provisional choices during form time.

Students must choose one option from each block. One of these should be history, geography, computer science, French or German.Ā 

Please discuss these choices with your child over the Christmas break. There will be a chance to talk to curriculum leaders about the subjects on January 26th (6.00pm until 8.00pm). The options screencasts and booklet, along with Frequently Asked Questions are available on the school website in the ā€˜Learningā€™ and ā€˜Guided Choicesā€™ section.

Here are the Option Blocks for this year’s guided choices programme: