Students impress with their Graffiti skills
Year 8 students have been looking at Graffiti Artists from across the world and trying out different techniques and materials. At the end of the unit, they developed four designs across a series of lessons, before discussing how to refine these ideas. Ms Mortimer loves seeing students become more confident at...
Celebrating the special relationship between charity Jacari with EAL students
On Wednesday 1st May the EAL Faculty celebrated its last Jacari session of the academic year, with some of our EAL students. Jacari is a charity that works in Bristol and Oxford to support students with EAL. The students have been working with their Jacari tutors (who are students that...
Dance News featuring Cane Warriors and Stages
CANE WARRIORS AT THE ARNOLFINI Ms Cambanakis, accompanied by Miss Adams, took a group of students to see Cane Warriors at the Arnolfini. Last year, dancer Micheal Joseph (pictured here) led an amazing series of workshops based on the novel Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, so it was fantastic to...
Year 8 students take part in annual Fun Maths Roadshow
Fairfield Maths department hosted the annual Fun Maths Roadshow in Term 4 for some of our Year 8 students. As part of this, we welcomed guests from the University of the West of England and the Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP) who ran the roadshow. The Fun Maths Roadshow is a...
All invited to cheer on our Y10s at Woodcock Shield Final at Ashton Gate Stadium
We are excited and proud in equal measure that our Year 10 football team will be playing at Ashton Gate, in the hope of clinching the historic Woodcock Shield - everyone is welcome to come and cheer along the team (all tickets are free) on Tuesday 21st May at 5pm....
Meet the Linguists of the Term
The languages faculty have again been choosing their ‘Linguists of the Term’. These students have been chosen for their enthusiasm for and commitment to their language studies. A big well done!
Ted Talk expert shares tips & inspires students ready for Summer competition
A wonderful group of future leaders from Years 9 and 10 joined with TED Talk expert, Barney Grenfell, for an oracy workshop on Thursday 13th March to compete for a chance to speak at TedX Bristol 2024. We shared ideas to change the world, explored how to hook and influence an audience...
Year 7 Geographers investigated bugs for the day at the Bug Farm, Pembrokeshire
Year 7 Geographers investigated bugs for the day at the Bug Farm, Pembrokeshire. Here is an account of the day written by our superstar Year 7 students. "On Friday 8th March we went to a Bug Farm that specially bred bugs for humans to eat. We learned how bugs will be...
Y10 design and receive new football kit, thanks to The Belling Trust
After the success of the Year 10 Football Team last year, the team received a very generous donation from the Belling Trust to purchase the team a new Football kit, including FHS branded shirts, shorts and socks, as well as warm up jerseys and new match footballs. The Year 10 team...