Year 7 Victrix Ludorum
Skye Martin – 1st in High Jump and 1st in 1500m
Year 8 Victrix Ludorum
Anna Fourie – for a convincing win in the 1500m
Year 9 Victrix Ludorum
Kenzie Bradshaw – 1st in the Long Jump and 1st in the 100m
Year 10 Victrix Ludorum
Rosie Bentley – 1st in the 200m and 1st in High Jump with a new record (1.49m)
Year 12 Victrix Ludorum
Aston Williams – 1st in 800m and Long Jump with a new record (5.35m)
Other records broken:
9EW – RELAY RECORD OF 58.3 seconds
E. Bostock – Discus record with 22.00m
On Thursday 11th July we held our annual swimming gala where students in years 7-9 participated in individual races, relays and the prestigious 100 yard freestyle championship. There were 2 school records broken by year 8 students; Liliana Sopala broke the 25 yard butterfly record in the heats and then again in the final with a time of 12.72 seconds. Mia Nelson broke the 50 yard backstroke record with a time of 31.40 seconds. Huge congratulations to Liliana Sopala who also won the 100 yard Freestyle Championship! Well done to everyone who participated, helped out and cheered on their house.
“I enjoyed going to the underground tunnels and I thought it was interesting to go and see all the different parts.”
“On the Battlefields trip, I liked that I was able to visualise the numbers that I have heard in lessons. It made everything about world war one feel more real, and like less of a story. Overall, the trip has been amazing and has changed my view of the war.”
“The trip was very interesting and didn’t have a single dull moment. It was the perfect mix of tourism activities and history activities. I really enjoyed the caves and tunnels that the soldiers used in WW1 and it was very interesting to see how they lived.”
“I really enjoyed going in the tunnels. It was really interesting as it made it more real than just statistics. I learnt a lot and it was very impactful. It was an amazing trip.”
“I really enjoyed going underground into the tunnels and visiting so many different places.”
“I liked laying the wreath: it was a huge honour to represent my school with something that important. I also liked the caves as it conveyed how the soldiers in the army weren’t just a statistic and were real people.”
“I really enjoyed seeing the trenches and walking inside of them.”
“I like that we saw things we wouldn’t usually see without this trip, like the caves and trenches.”
“I enjoyed seeing the trenches and going to visit the different memorial sites.”
“I really liked the tunnels and getting to see the trenches/battlefields it was really interesting.”
“I really appreciated visiting the cemeteries, as seeing the loss of human life from WW1 in this way and not as a statistic has really opened my eyes to how many were affected.”
“The trip was fun and I learnt a lot. I really enjoyed the tunnels as I’d never seen anything like it so I found it very interesting. I loved how we had time to wander around to explore the town.”
“I enjoyed the trip because it was very interesting to look and learn more about the world war and see how it affected everyday life. I enjoyed looking at all the remains from the war such as the tunnels.”
“I really enjoyed seeing the old trenches and walking through the caves. It was very interesting and helped improve my understanding of WW1. I also enjoyed spending time with my friends walking around the streets of Ypres. Overall a very good trip.”
“- it really put all the numbers and statistics that we have learnt over the year into perspective when we saw all the graves. -hearing all of the stories about the soldiers. -getting to find my friends and family members at the memorials.”
“I really liked going to the trenches and in the caves, it was really interesting and it was really nice finding one of my relatives on the plaques. I liked walking around town with my friends and the place we stayed was really fun. The teachers were all really nice and looked after us really well.”
We enjoyed the trip as it showed us different ways we could go with a career in STEM. Different people talked and showed us multiple ways people could go with a stem career, with or without university. It was also fun because we did multiple challenges against multiple schools.
Scarlett and Amelie (Year 9)
Almost 50 Year 8 students attended this years Big Bang Fair at the NEC.
I found the ‘science made simple’ presentation very interesting. We were shown lots of exciting experiments that famous STEM people have performed to help them make their discoveries. In one of the experiments, we wore glasses that showed us the different colours that came from the different lights. I enjoyed it because it gave me a different perspective on the colours we see around us and that lights are not just the colour they seem. From the presentation I learned that when we send someone to Mars we won’t be able to bring them back because we wouldn’t be able to store enough fuel in the rocket. I became interested in the topic because it made me think about the different ways we could make fuel last longer or how to make fuel on Mars. I also learned that Cecilia Payne discovered that Hydrogen and Helium are the dominant elements of the Sun and stars. Her boss didn’t believe her at first until lots of other people repeated the experiment and agreed that she was correct. Overall, I found ‘science made simple’ very fun. Especially as they included us in their presentation. They also related the work of previous STEM people to modern day jobs that you can study for if you are interested in those particular discoveries.
Grace (Year 9)
Year 4 students from Wheatcroft, Abel Smith and Mill Mead Primary Schools visited Presdales to take part in a series of Physics based activities including making marble runs and balloon cars. Part of their time at Presdales was spent with Cambridge Hands on Science, a group of Cambridge students running tasks to engage students in different aspects of science.
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