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PressTales 17 December 2021
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Important Information - Issue 86
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Presdales supporting 'Beat Eating disorders': Non-Uniform Donations Yesterday, Thursday 16th December 2021, was non-uniform day. Again, 50% of the money raised will go to supporting the School Charity, 'Beat Eating disorders', and the other 50% will be spent directly on our students, as determined by our Student Council. If you haven't already made your voluntary £2.00 contribution, we would be …
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Years 7 and 8 Christmas Fayre 2021
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On Wednesday 15th December, Year 7 and 8 held a Christmas Fayre which we have not been able to organise since before the pandemic. Each form had a stall at the Fayre and activities included pin the nose on Rudolf, guess how many sweets in the jar, hook an antler and throw a snowball down the chimney. As you can …
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We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of the local businesses and parents who have supported the school by donating prizes for our raffle.
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Creativity SMSC: Week Commencing 29th November 2021
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Creativity SMSC: Week Commencing 29th November 2021 The Creativity SMSC activity for the week commencing 29th November centred on different aspects of design and encouraging everyone to explore their creative skills. Part of the session was for students to complete a challenge using The Idea Machine from the Design Museum, London (https://theideamachine.org/). The aim of the activity, was to come …
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Community SMSC : Week commencing 13th December 2021
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Community news In the last week of this term the students have been discussing what it means to be a part of the Presdales Community as part of their SMSC activities. Students from 7SR decided to make a paper chain where each link of the chain represents a reason why communities are important and what being a part of Presdales …
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HOUSE : Basketball December 2021
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Well done to everyone who took part and represented their forms and houses! Results
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Total House points as at 17th December 2021
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News from Food Preparation and Nutrition ...
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Festive Baking Challenge Our Year 10 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students were very busy last week making and decorating their Gingerbread houses-many commented on the wonderful smell in the D&T area. It was a very enjoyable challenge, if a little stressful at times! The students were amazing and are rightly proud of their creative accomplishments. It was also lovely …
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Year 12 - Sampling with skittles Year 12 have been learning about how to plan and conduct their own psychological research. One important aspect of this is how to choose a sample of participants. Students had fun using skittles to practice trying out the different sampling methods and worked out which method was the most representative of their target population. …
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Russia virtual exchange project The Russian department have recently embarked on a virtual exchange project with Arctic International School in Yakutsk, Russia https://arctic-school.com/en/home/. Some year groups have already exchanged videos but for others the work is in progress. We are really proud of all of our students that were willing to be involved. Apologies for the sound/quality, Mrs Willett is …
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News from Art and Photography ...
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Presdales Art Department are hoping to exhibit in and around Ware town to show case the wonderful work that our students produce. At present we have a small display of some A-level outcomes, in Ware Library. Pop down to have a look, it really livens up the area. If you know of a business or venue that would be interested …
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Netball Well done to the year 8 netball teams who played separate matches against Simon Balle this evening! Unfortunately the red team lost 7-2 and the blue team lost 9-4 but for many of these girls it was their first time representing Presdales at a fixture so we are very proud of them! Players of the Match were Ryah Dean …
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PE Stars of the Month - December
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Congratulations to the following students who are our PE Stars of the Month!
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A Musical Christmas Card from the Music Department to all of the families at Presdales
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