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SUMMER TERM 2025

ART

Susanna T, Naomi S (Y9) 

For outstanding colour pencil studies. Their drawings demonstrated an advanced and highly developed ability to observe proportion and subtle changes in tone – Absolutely stunning! 

CLASSICS

Sarah S (Y9) 

Excellence piece of work on the gods and goddesses on social media. 

Emily B, Amrit D, Willow H, Fei LY (Y8) 

For excellent work on Roman artefacts discovered on the Classics trip to Bath! 

Susie B, Isabella D, Alex M, Lottie W (Y7) 

For an outstanding project on the Roman Forum. 

GEOGRAPHY

Kimaya C (Y8) 

For writing a fantastic evaluation on whether Birmingham fits the Burgess Model, including detailed research on each of the land zones and she supported her ideas with evidence surround Birmingham's history. 

Hiba K (Y8) 

For a beautiful song that Hiba composted herself all about nature. The song had links to the Geography curriculum and conveyed Hiba’s love of the outdoors. 

Chloe C, Eesha B (Y9) 

For outstanding videos explaining the formation of sea caves, arches, stacks and stumps along the coastline. Chloe used a chocolate cake (made herself and very delicious looking) to demonstrate how the coastline developed and Eesha used M&Ms and stop-motion animation to get her points across. Mrs Macro learned a great deal from the videos, but doesn’t feel safer walking along the coast. 

Isobel G (Y9) 

Isobel crated two fantastic videos on the creation of the coastal landforms using both clay and gaming software, she demonstrated  the formation of a cave, arch, stack and stump along the headland with excellent subtitle explanations. 

Mariam I (Y8) 

For a wonderful ‘comic strip’ on ‘The Life of a River’. Mariam gave detailed explanations for how a river changes throughout its course, with excellent comparisons drawn on how a river is similar to a human being. 

Jessica J, Mariam M (Y9) 

For producing brilliant videos on the formation of costal caves, arches, stacks and stumps. Both utlised whiteboards to great effect. A special mention goes to Maryam’s brother who took all the photos for the stop motion. And the last few seconds of Jess’s video just confirmed all Mrs Macro’s fears about walking along the coast…! 

Amaya B (Y7) 

For producing a very clear and thorough guide on Four Figure Grid References. Her inclusion of famous female singers to help explain each slide was brilliant. 

HISTORY

Destinee M, Madeleine S (Y7) 

For outstanding migration projects. Both demonstrated excellent empathy skills and the presentation of their project was immaculate. Destinee spoke with love about her Grandmother migrating from Jamaica and sharing her love of the culture, especially the food. Maddy expressed real understanding of how hard it must have been for her Great, Great Grandmother to migrate from Russia to Britain. 

Khushi M (Y7) 

For a fantastic migration project in History. Khushi chose Bob Marley and did extensive research and presented her facts beautifully. 

Livia A, Annika B, Rose B, Susie B, Maggie CM, Isabella D, Ava E, Alice L, Khushi M, Harlow AO, Akshana R, Matilda T, Lottie W, Jenna W, Martha W, Eleanor W, Naba Z (Y7) 

For a fantastic migration project completed for History 

MFL 

FRENCH 

Amrit D (Y8) 

Achieving the best Spring Assessment result – well done. 

SPANISH 

Amrit D, Lucy D (Y8) 

For showcasing an impressive range of key vocabulary, well-justified opinions and even Year 9 advanced structures. Both achieved 100% in the interim assessment and demonstrated real ambition and dedication. And, as ever they both tried to teach Mrs Macro a bit of Spanish. Excelente! 

Freya T (Y10) 

For a Spanish homework task completed with exceptional dedication and creativity. Freya showed outstanding effort and enthusiasm, creating a beautifully presented step-by-step guide to cooking paella. Her work was an excellent example of creativity, independence and cultural appreciation. ¡una estrella! 

SCIENCE

BIOLOGY

Mariam K (Y7) 

Mariam has achieved excellent results all year and a fantastic 100% in her summer assessment. 

PHYSICS

Simran B, Anya D, Alyzah H, Tiffany L (Y11) 

For extensive research into the structure of nucleons and evaluation of scientific research. An excellent conversation was had on how much Physics underpins our understanding of the Universe. 

OTHER

CO-CURRICULAR

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Caroline M, Nethara R, Kate S (Y12) 

This Gold Duke of Edinburgh group showed courage when dealing with severe injury to a member of the public on their practice expedition. Having witnesses an accident on the Sugar Loaf Mountain in Wales, the group immediately went to the assistance of the casualty, administering first aid and giving good advice on what to do next. Each of these students showed courage and resilience during the incident and in completing the rest of the expedition. Their actions are a true reflection of our EHS values. 

Grace B (Y10) 

For an outstanding submission to the GSA Non-Fiction Writing Competition. Grace wrote a highly engaging piece called ‘Trousers’ exploring stereotypes and her fight to break with tradition at her primary school of only boys being allowed to wear trousers. Grace most definitely showed what is to be fearlessly female.