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10-03-2010 Year 11 Stayback revision classes Year 11 Stayback revision classes Year 11 Stayback revision classes. The weekend after we first studied the Wall Street Crash, Leherman’s Bank went bust. The pupils were coming in the following week to tell me all about what was happening and that it was just like 1929 all over again. As we went on to study the Great Depression, we saw that the action the government took to slow the disaster down came from lessons learned from the past. Now, as we revise the topic in the afterschool staybacks, the recession has come home and hit us hard. What ... |
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09-03-2010 Sri Lanka Update A update on the fundraising for the Sri Lanka Appeal Current fundraising for our ever closer trip to Sri Lanka is going rather well, with our total the moment being over £14 000, all raised through donations from the local community and volunteering from our Sri Lanka team. For all those who have donated to the fund a big thank-you and any little anyone can spare will be extremely appreciated. With recent events going superbly; the previous two bag-packs raising just over 1,000 and the ongoing ‘Walk to Sri Lanka’ is currently around 1799 miles, but we still need to raise ... |
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12-02-2010 Walking That Extra Mile  In summer 2010 a group of young people to Sri Lanka to Make a difference in a local school. We need to raise £35,000 to get there. One way in which we will get raise money is we have decided to have a fundraising walk of 5468 miles which is the distance from Eston Park School to Sri Lanka.Written by : Charlotte Hierons Year 11 A group of 20 girls have volunteered to walk the distance from Eston Park to Sri Lanka in aim to raise money for a group of young people to go volunteer in Sri Lanka in which they will build schools and teach children. To do this we need to raise £35000, so every girl is walking 250 miles, 5 miles a day for 50 days to give a total of 5468 miles which is the distance to Sri Lanka. We also aim to get 50p per mile and that way we will "make a difference" and raise a huge amount of money that ... |
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29-12-2009 Boxing Day Dip Sri Lanks fundraisers brave the cold for the Redcar Boxing Day dip Photos From The Dip ... |
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13-12-2009 Year 8 Science Forensic Challenge! Year 8 Science Forensic Challenge! Five of our gifted and talented science students in year 8 took part in a forensic challenge against other local schools on 3rd December. They did brilliantly, finishing 2nd overall and very disappointed not to win. Lewis Hunter, Bethany Stevenson, Natalie Drinkwater, Liam Ashbolt and Jack Blakely all took part. They attended with one of our science technicians, Carolyn Flanigan. Here is Ms Flanigan’s description of the event: The day consisted of an initial briefing, at which each team was provided with a file containing details of a ... |
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09-12-2009 Sri Lanka 2010 Leg Wax & Head Shave Sponsored leg wax and head shave to raise funds for the Sri Lanka Appeal On December the 9th, staff and students took part in a sponsored leg wax & head shave to raise money for the trip to Sri Lanka. The team would like to thank the following who took part. Mr Goodwill - Waxed by Mrs L Illingworth, Miss Tait & Miss Holian Mr Ruddock Mr Grainger Mr O'Neill Mr Johns Mr Hill Sam Skillcorn Scott Williams - Head shaved by Mr Hassack Connor Massey Josh Holden - Head shaved and Legs Waxed!! Michael Lee Andrew Lodge Adam Lincoln ... |
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04-12-2009 Sri Lanka Update Sri Lanka Update As part of our Sri Lanka fundraising activities, we have recently been completing numerous bag packs across the area in stored like ASDA, Morrison’s, Tesco and Sainsbury’s. These bag packs are currently going rather well, as from only four bag packs we have raised over £2000, but this is only a minor amount compared to our needed total of £40,000. So please, if it is possible, come and support us on our bag packing, the dates, times and places of which will be shown on the Sri Lanka calendar. Thank you and any support ... |
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19-11-2009 A update from the Sri Lanka team...... Sri Lanka Update The boys are working on a sponsored wax Thanks to the school council for helping out with funds - for the christmas fair (11 dec)and there will be a special sri lanka stall. York bike ride and cake sale went well and raise £87 - thanks to all that took part Some members of the team will be doing carol singing and the upcoming cinderella production - so watch out to see some interesting performances from the group ... |
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19-11-2009 Check out the English Department - Students Work Work From Miss Holian and Mr Goodwill's Classes Click Here to See The Students Work ... |
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18-11-2009 Sri Lanka Bag Packing Dates Fund Raising We have aranged the students Bag Packing days. Dates that have been decided can be seen on the fund raising calendar. Here Please keep these dates free. Further details will follow. ... |
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