Showing items for tag “Year 9”

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  Students take part in Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

  Published 16/11/16

  Year 9 students took on practical challenges including building bridges out of paper and level crossings from Lego during a STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) day run as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week.

  This is a nationwide initiative where companies from across the country visit schools to set challenges and practical activities. Network Rail led STEM days at ten schools across the region and students from each will visit their headquarters in Milton Keynes later this month for more challenges, including a programming session on level crossing control.

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  Max achieves Gold Chief Scout Award against the odds

  Published 07/11/16

  Congratulations to Year 9 student Max Oram, who received his Gold Chief Scout award at a ceremony attended by the Mayors of Corby and Kettering.

  He needed to complete nine challenges in categories including teamwork, adventure, skills and community, which involved him spending two nights at the Millennium Green in Desborough planting new trees and shrubs.

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  Students see butchery demonstration

  Published 15/09/16

  Our Year 9 students saw a butchery demonstration and heard about careers within the food industry during a talk by an expert from Peterborough-based Stilton Butchers.

  The session was an introduction to their food and nutrition studies and, as well as being shown how to portion a chicken, the students learned about the best cuts of beef for burgers plus saw how the professionals minced meat, added seasonings and used a press to transform them into commercial burgers.

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