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erm, all year groups were involved in ENTERPRISE activities.
YEAR 8 completed theirdesign and make project,which had been
spread
over 3 half day periods oftime; working insmall
groups, pupils designedand made a product withthe winning team
fromeach form group going
forward to the grand final(April 20th) which was
judged by 10 visitors intoschool, from
YOUNG ENTERPRISE,LOCAL BUSINESS and
COMMERCE and
HULL UNIVERSITYSTAFF AND STUDENTS.
Parents of successfulteams were also present.
The overall winners will goon to the area competitionat Hull
University Busines
School.
YEAR 9 had a drugsawareness activity
supported by outsideagencies
YEAR 10 visited localindustries or participatedin activities
delivered by
the Armed Forces.
YEAR 11 did their finalpreparation for the
qualification of Certificate
in Preparation for WorkingLife, worth 1/2 GCSE atlevel 1 or 2.
Last year wehad a 90% success rate at
level 2
Our Businessawareness day forYEAR 9 focused onEntrepreneurship.
Theday was supported byan outside company;
YOUNG BIZ
and proved to be very
cessful. As well asencouraging future
Entrepreneurs, wealso anticipate an
increase in ournumbers studyingBusiness relatedsubjects at
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TECHNOLOGY
STEMTOYOTA CHALLENGE Students were given an opportunity to
manufacture their own solar powered vehicle for a national
competition hosted
by Rapid Electronics. They researched different mechanisms and
used the laser
cutter to produce the bodywork.
ELECTRONICS Students are given an opportunity to use a new range
of
integrated circuits called PIC chips, which are programmed from
a computer.
This allows pupils to reach the top GCSE grades. They can even
produce
circuits playing down-loaded theme tunes.
ENGLISH
YEAR 11 visited PA News
in Howden and worked hard
to produce a Newspaper all
about The Snaith School.
2,500 copies of the
completed newspaper were
distributed throughout the
community.
ENTERPRISE WEEK
Top English sets had a
session with a journalist
looking at the Language of
Media and discussing
career paths in the media.
MATHS
YEAR 11 UK Mathematics Trust Senior Team Challenge was held at
The
Lawns in Cottingham. Nik Moore, Danny Bates, Ewan McNeil and
Adrian
Thornton took part.
Its a competition for Years 11, 12 & 13 so most of the other
schools who
entered had pupils a lot older in their teams.
Thirteen schools took part in four rounds - some in pairs, same
individual and
some in teams. The Snaith School came 4th overall (more
importantly we were
1st
in the schools taking part that only had up to Year 11
pupils).Nik Moore recently sat the Maths Olympiad paper. Entry to
this paper is by
invitation only (as Nik had attended Summer School last
year).
Year 11 pupils with their copies of the school newspaper
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COMING UP IN 2009
HISTORY
YEAR 9 Proposed WWI Battlefields trip to Belgium
in December 2009. We are taking 44 pupils on a tour of
WWI Battlefields in Ypres. The trip will be run in
conjunction with the English Department. Pupils will
experience the living conditions in the trenches and the
destruction power, waste and futility of war. They will
relate to history and reflect on past times events through
visits to war museums and memorial parks.
PEALL YEARS Pupils were selected from the school after taking
part in the Schools Cross Country Race.
They went to Central Park, Scunthorpe.
SCIENCE
YEAR 10 Caf Science Mary Arber Pam JuniorCaf Science visited
during Business and Enterprise
week to give pupils information on how to start their
own Science debating group. The first meeting is
due to start soon.
New recruits needed for STEM club to be
launched to Year 7 at the new time of Wednesday
lunchtime.
All year groups visited Brainiac Live in Hull on 12
February 2009.
RE / CITIZENSHIP
YEAR 7 Pupils have started cross-curricularthinking skills group
work recently. Check website
for photos coming soon.
YEAR 10 Pupils took part in an ACE day
enrichment visit to York Minster where they learnt
about the history of the Minster.
HISTORY
YEAR 8 William Wilberforce Museum
understanding slavery. 35 students attended a hands-
on session focusing on the role of William
Wilberforce in history, his life, his motivations for
becoming involved in the Abolitions of the British
Slave Trade and his work.
The Menin Gate, Ypres
DRAMA
YEARS 7 9 Drama Club meetings are held every
Thursday lunchtime. Improvisations have beencreated and
discussion of next terms performance
which will be Bugsy Malone. Reading through and
preparation for auditions are underway.
YEARS 10 & 11 In November GCSE pupils went
to York Theatre Royal to see Death of a Salesman.
The School Cross Country Team
