In A-Level Law, Year 12 have been writing legal leaflets and practising negotiation techniques

Year 12 Law students have been busy this half term, learning about law making and delegated legislation. This is the way that many of the Covid 19 laws have been made. They each made a leaflet explaining the different types of delegated legislation and why Parliament uses it. They have also been researching alternatives to taking cases to court. Two students took on roles negotiating for fictional pharmaceutical companies who both needed five ‘magic’ oranges to use in a (non Covid-related) vaccine. It was a tense negotiation but a compromise was reached. Meanwhile, Year 13 finished the term with a Zoom call with a senior lecturer at the University of Surrey, who gave them some advice on technique in legal exams for the forthcoming mocks.

Year 7 provided the largest quantity of entries ever in this annual House competition!

This year, once again, the Languages Faculty ran the Year 7 German Advent Wreath House competition and we were overwhelmed with the array of creations of all sizes, colours, traditional and innovative, inspired by the German tradition of creating a horizonal wreath with four candles to mark the four Sundays in the run up to Christmas. In total 21 were entered, some of which can be seen in the photos. The competition was judged by Mrs Hughes and indeed it was a very hard task, such was the quality of the entries and were all on display in the Library last week. After much consideration the following positions were given:

• 1st Place – 100 House Point – 7Parr – Bianka McCombe – original, imaginative wreath with lots of beautiful colours • 2nd Place – 50 House Points – 7Austen – Mia Canter – Beautiful, traditional wreath, clearly lots of effort made • 3rd Place – 25 House Point – 7 Parr – Lily-Jade Tennyson home made candles, original presentation. • 4th Place – 10 House Points – 7 Seacole – Grace Mitchell – the most gorgeous wreath, beautifully presented • 5th Place – 10 House Points – 7 Hadid – Creative Team effort with authentic materials – Emma, Zoe W, Shayla, Poppy & Ileri

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Year 7 Pupils join in with the annual German tradition of writing wish letters to Das Christkind

Once again this year, over 120 Year 7 pupils joined in with thousands of German children in producing handwritten decorated letters in German to Das Christkind, represented as a Christmas Angel, who brings the gifts on Christmas Day.

The letters were posted to the small town of Engelskirchen, near Cologne, where the special Christmas Post Office is set up. As this is being written replies are being received back from Germany (See the images shown here).

If you would like to know more about the history of this tradition, you can visit the following site: https://www.deutschepost.de/de/w/weihnachtspost/weihnachtsmann-christkind/engelskirchen.html and click “Geschichte” (auto translate)

There is also a little video of this annual event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3V6hITBWJk

Year 11 produced some appetising coursework

In preparation for their non-exam assessment 2 coursework task, Year 11 had to make a picnic or brunch product. Pupils came up with some very creative concepts and baked these beautiful flavoured breads which are ideal for sharing during the festive season. This task will be completed with a practical exam in 2021.