Elections 2010-11

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On Monday 11th October over 1350 students and staff entered our polling station. Efficiently staffed by the student council they filled out their voting slips in dedicated voting booths and deposited into our ballot boxes.

Appointed Student Ambassadors

The two students who gained the highest votes were:

  • Chloe D
  • Zehnab A

Read more about Student Voice at Tong High School or read Chloe and Zahnab’s acceptance speeches.

Turning Experience into Coursework – PE/English Joint Excursion

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On Wednesday 6 October the members of the PE/English Bradford City Excursion Group were given an opportunity to come off time table to set about writing up their experiences of the day into pieces of outstanding coursework.  Early indications are that the students have, once again, really benefited from this scheme with the experience of a live football match providing excellent fodder for unique, imaginative writing.

Narratives were well thought out, developed nicely with real life details of the experience going a long way to make sure the students captured a strong narrative voice in their piece.  Planning sessions assisted the students to make well-plotted plans with room to insert detailed ideas and descriptions from their memories of the day.

Teacher assistance was on hand to enable students to craft these experiences into powerful accounts of the real experience or imagined experiences for those students who decided to put themselves on the pitch instead!

The sessions flowed impeccably because of the enthusiasm of the students and, as this is the second year the programme has run, the students were able to take advantage of the expert help of 6th form students who completed the project last year.