Year 12 trip to the Jurassic Coast On 9th June the current Year 12 Geographers and the Geography team took a mini bus down to Swanage to study coastal processes and to start on their NEA. Day one involved meeting our instructor and starting to measure beach profiles, groyne management and to investigate the different [...]
Year 11 were busy recently preparing and performing speeches for the Spoken Language component of their GCSE in English Language. The quality of students' speeches has been outstanding this year. They have spoken on a wide variety of subjects from hobbies and interests; raising awareness of mental health issues; to moving personal stories of challenge, courage and achievement - [...]
I had the fulfilling opportunity recently to undergo work experience with Usmani King. This work experience was based on criminal law - visiting multiple local courts such as Luton Magistrates Court and Aylesbury Crown Court. Each day I shadowed a different individual; some who stood as Duty Solicitors in the Magistrates Court waiting for defendants [...]
As the GCSE exams got underway for Year 11, students were delighted to receive an early morning brain boost from local businesses. Crates of bananas were donated by Morrisons and Tesco to support students before their English Exams. These were distributed during early morning warm-up sessions providing students with some last minute fuel before exams. Students and staff [...]
On 17th May we were fortunate enough to have a visit from Peter Hagan, one of the Arsenal Ladies coaches, who ran a workshop on the opportunities for women in football. The visit started with a presentation on the community work Arsenal do in promoting women's football. The girls learned about the opportunities for women [...]
In the grand opening ceremony of Vandyke's new jumping area the Mayor of Leighton Buzzard cut the ribbon to declare the new facility open. Mr David Killick (Chairman of Leighton Buzzard Athletics Club, LBAC) had worked tirelessly to gain the finance to make this area a reality. In partnership with Vandyke the excellent new facility [...]
The Duke of Edinburgh Awards overall took me five years to complete, which I did at Vandyke Upper School, and this May I was one of the privileged few to collect my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award at Buckingham Palace. There was a lot of security to go through before we were allowed to look [...]
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