Lexie Tate wins first prize in Young Carers competition

In February, Lexie won first prize in the monthly competition run by Young Carers In Herts. Lexie took photos of her and her mother, who underwent surgery last year. These show them before and during her hospital stay. Lexie then arranged these on a canvas and submitted them to YCIH. They were really impressed and Lexie won an Amazon voucher. The canvas is a very positive reminder of the support she has given her mum during this time. Well done, Lexie and Mum!

Year 12 biologists find a novel way to revise the heart by fashioning Easter eggs and sweets to represent the major components.

On Tuesday, we finished our Biology topic on animal transport which includes lots of details about internal structures and the control of the heart beat. We decided that a good way of remembering all the keywords and the chronology of the events in one heart beat would be to make an edible heart! We used Easter eggs and liquorice sticks to form the chambers and the blood vessels entering and leaving the heart. This is something you could try at home with any spare eggs you might receive at Easter!

Year 7 explored creative ways of displaying the poems they had written

These poetry anthologies were made by the pupils of 7 Hadid over half term. They were the final part of a poetry unit where the students were taught how to write different types of poems. The anthology is a way for them to display what they have written and can be inspired by anything they like. Every year, the English department gives each Year 7 pupil the chance to unleash their creativity in this way. We would usually present our student’s amazing creations on Open Evening but sadly it wasn’t to be this year. We do keep a lovely stock of them in one of the English cupboards though!

International Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 – our ‘Vision’ of the future with a focus on combatting climate change

Fairtrade Fortnight 2021 has highlighted the growing challenges that climate change brings to farmers and workers in the communities Fairtrade works with. The facts are straightforward. Farmers and workers in countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Honduras, who have done the least to contribute to climate change, are disproportionately affected by it. They have told us that: – Climate change is one of their biggest challenges right now. – Low prices for their crops mean that they are struggling to fight back. – Only with more money will they feel equipped to meet their everyday needs and deal with the challenges they face from climate change. – The climate crisis is an immediate and ever-increasing threat and those in climate vulnerable countries are already seeing its impacts from droughts and crop disease to floods, heatwaves and shrinking harvests. – With the emergence of the global COVID pandemic, the challenges that farmers face now are bigger than ever before with falling commodity prices and widespread shocks reverberating along our global supply chains. Ongoing poverty in farming communities makes it increasingly hard to cope with the effects of climate

Bishop’s took part in the Choose the World You Want Fairtrade Competition. One of our top five entries, a painting by Dyllis 7Au has been selected for the Fairtrade Foundation 2021 Exhibition Hall (Clickable Link)