SUSTAINABILITY
Our focus on Sustainability concluded on Tuesday with a field trip to Woodlands Farm Trust. Fourteen year 9 & 10 students meet Bob the Shetland pony, pigs, chickens and sheep on a farm tour before learning to read maps and orienteer themselves around the farm. In the afternoon they had to navigate to eight checkpoints to answer questions about sustainability and conservation using field skills such as pond dipping. Linking nicely with next year’s focus on neurodiversity all the students participating have a learning difference. Verbal feedback said the day was “better than playing FIFA!”
STAINED GLASS VISIT & WORKSHOP
Last Friday twelve students had an early morning tour of Westminster Abbey; from the remains of the Romanesque Abbey, past the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and the Shrine to Edward the Confessor ending in the main church looking at Hockey’s exuberant contribution to the Abbey’s stained glass collection. Sophie Hacker talked about the craft of stained glass design and making. They then worked in groups to respond to the artwork, exploring abstract and organic shapes, as well as the 18 SSLP school logos.
CONNECTING STUDENTS
