Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach and experienced love as an ‘’alluring jewel’’?
Maybe your love has had its ‘’storms’’ but eventually become the ‘’sunrise’’ which has made you get out of bed and urged you to move forward? Or maybe you have suffered from unrequited love and held ‘’silent screams’’ in you? - Quotes from Year 10 sonnets
Whatever you may have experienced in your life, I don’t think that these deep inner feelings could have been better expressed than in the sonnets of my Y10 students. Inspired by one of Shakespeare’s most well-known sonnets, Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds, they have ever so beautifully employed figurative devices and rhyme scheme in their poetry. Shakespeare would have been proud of them. I certainly am!
Poems in attachment below!
Mrs Baranska
English Teacher
The Max Box Project was an excellent opportunity for Year 9 students to engage in a hands-on task that not only reinforced their understanding of mathematical concepts such as volume, nets, and algebraic modeling but also promoted critical meta-cognitive skills. The task, which involved determining the maximum volume of an open box made from a 20 cm x 20 cm square, required students to think deeply, plan, reflect, and adjust their approach as they progressed. This end-of-unit project encouraged self-awareness of their learning processes while fostering essential problem-solving skills.
The Secretariat of The British School Model United Nations is delighted to officially invite you to the 14th edition of the conference, which will take place from 7-9th March 2025.
I would like to take a moment to shine a spotlight on the fantastic work of one of our exceptional teachers in the secondary school.
