Parkside

6 May 2020

Health and Mental Wellbeing Project

Staff from each of our schools have completed the Health and Mental Wellbeing Project through Yoga and Meditation. They completed the training (trained by a qualified Yoga and Meditation Instructor) and delivered a supported 6 week training block to a group of selected students. They attended the training after school (8 weeks) and then delivered the Yoga sessions in their own time during Lunchtime or after school.

We are looking forward to being able to offer this as a club once we return to school. This will help students to secure clear relaxation and stress relief strategies through physical activity. Students can use these strategies to enhance wellbeing.

24 April 2020

Home Learning Art Work

Coleridge, Parkside and Trumpington students have been creating some fantastic Artwork during this period of home learning. We are really impressed with their hard work!

Year 8 students are studying carnival in Create. Teacher of Art at Parkside, Ms Matine, received these amazing pictures of one of her student’s work.

Mr Dempsey, Teacher of Art at Trumpington, has been receiving some great work from Year 8 students who are studying Carnival this term. They have been focusing on the Day of the Dead festival.

Mrs Millen, teacher of Art at Coleridge, ran an Easter challenge to design an egg inspired by an artist. Here are some of the winners from Year 7,8 and 9 students. Well done to everyone who entered.

Mr Dempsey, Teacher of Art at Trumpington, has been receiving some great observation drawings and artist research from Year 9 students.

13 March 2020

Classical Association Junior Latin and Greek Competition

Congratulations to our students who competed in the Cambridge Classical Association Junior Latin and Greek competition this week, against six other Cambridge schools. Irena achieved first prize in the Latin reading and second prize in the Greek reading!

11 February 2020

Poetry by Heart Competition Winners

Congratulations to Lara (Y12) and Poppy (Y7) for winning the KS5 and KS3 school rounds of the Poetry by Heart competition! Lara’s rendition of Duffy’s poem ‘The Last Post’ was powerfully haunting. Poppy’s recitation of The Jabberwocky showed great spirit and captured the poem’s sense of surrealism.