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  • World Book Day 2022

    Published 13/04/22

    Our World Book Day competition ‘Read a Book in an Unusual Place’ gathered many entries, people in cupboards, in waste paper baskets, in the pet food supermarket aisle, on a tandem, in a helicopter and the inevitable toilet picture. We also had a few entries from pet cats and rabbits.

    The winner was one of our students from year 8 who climbed a tree in his local park and read a World Book Day book, he won a World Book Day T-shirt, a World Book Day badge, books and chocolate.

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  • Young Writers Festival at the University of Cambridge

    Published 13/04/22

    As part of the First Story scheme, our students recently took a trip to the University of Cambridge for the Young Writers Festival. 

    First Story is a year-long creative writing course. We have a writer in residence who guides our students through various writing tasks culminating in an anthology at the end of the year. 

    The event was hosted by the poet Khadijah Ibrahim, who introduced a publisher, Habiba Desai and a lecturer, Dr. Phil Knox. Each speaker talked about the importance of writing.

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  • Our nomination for the best STEM book​​​​​​​

    Published 05/04/22

    Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the very best science books for those under 14. They’re all accessible books about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, excellent for capturing the imagination. 

    The competition itself is unique in that the winner is selected by judging panels made up of young people at schools across the country.

    We couldn’t wait to explore the shortlisted books! A group of our students have read all these superb titles and presented their favourite.

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  • Valentine’s Day in the Library

    Published 17/02/22

    This week in the library, we celebrated Valentine’s Day! 

    We have some really fun window displays in the library, where we ask questions or highlight a current theme. For our Valentine’s Day window, we showed our love for our library.

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  • Train to Teach with Co-op Academies

    Published 11/02/22

    Andy Gibson- Head of Early Career Framework with Initial Teacher Training

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  • Masterclass with a Head Chef

    Published 08/11/21

    On our first day back after half term, our students had the opportunity to take part in a workshop with an award-winning Head Chef. 

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  • Bank of England discuss working in business and financial sectors

    Published 26/10/21

    We recently had some very special guests from the Bank of England. 

    They dropped by to hold workshops for our year 10 and year 11 students who are interested in working in the business and financial sectors. So really the perfect guests for this! 

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  • Work Experience with Yorkshire Water

    Published 27/09/21

    Yorkshire Water have an exciting opportunity for students to take part in a week of work experience.

    It’s during the October break, for the full week. You’ll learn about how they treat water, what exactly leakage is, where pipes are, how they monitor leakage, as well as taking part in practical activities on their leak field.

    It’s the perfect opportunity for anyone who might want to consider an apprenticeship with Yorkshire Water in the future.

    When?

    During half-term!

    25th October – 29th October

    9am – 4:45pm every day

    Where?

    Esholt Waste Water Treatment Works

    It’s near Apperley Bridge, Bradford, BD17 7QU

    Who can apply?

    Students aged 14 – 16

    You’ll need to apply with their application form

    When do I need to apply?

    Get them in before 1st October 2021

    How to apply?

    Complete the application form and send it back as a PDF to:

    education@yorkshirewater.co.uk

    Application form

    This opportunity has now closed!

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