On Wednesday, three Year 12 students accompanied Miss Cambio and the Holocaust Educational Trust to take part in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This was an invaluable opportunity for students to learn about this topic outside the classroom. https://t.co/nS5lJpNEEf

Thank you to our parent community for helping us to fundraise for Comic Relief this Red Nose Day, it has been great to see so many children get in the spirit with lots of red noses and clothing on display today! #RedNoseDay https://t.co/NrzIWb9SCR

We would like to say thank you to @CCS_UK for having us this morning. Their Year 11 students were respectful and engaged throughout. A very successful visit!#apprenticeships #NAW2023 @NorthamptonColl https://t.co/61H8ACJBin

Final reminder that applications to our Sixth Form for September 2023 close at midnight on 31 January 2023. Please check out our dedicated webpage linked below for more details if you would like to apply - https://t.co/Y4rhwHThkS

Is your child looking for something fun to do after school? We have lots of fantastic extra-curricular clubs on offer to our secondary students, so why not join us! For our full timetable, please visit: https://t.co/cGHWSTBFz2 https://t.co/hqvvienE4l

Our next open event will be held on 23.02.23 & will be online 5-7pm. Join us to meet some of the team & learn more about our course. Email gutprecruitment@sponne.org.uk with your subject of interest to register. #thegutp #traintoteach #getintoteaching #PGCE #QTS #SCITT https://t.co/m3lhrrkYdz

Massive well done to the girls in the Peterborough Indoor NTFC competition representing Northampton.  The girls played tremendously well against some very talented teams from across the region.  Goal scorers were: Molly WJ Danielle G  Captain: Danielle G © https://t.co/QgkWxyzqu3

On Wednesday 22 March, three Year 12 students accompanied Miss Cambio and the Holocaust Educational Trust to take part in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This was an invaluable opportunity for students to learn outside the classroom. The students started their day in the town of Oświęcim (Auschwitz) where they visited the local synagogue. Here they were able to see pre Jewish life in a town that had a high percentage of Jewish people and understand the vibrant background of a group that has been persecuted for years. They then continued to Auschwitz 1, receiving a tour from a historian and Rabbi, visiting cell blocks, the execution post and seeing exhibits of possessions - the proof of these atrocities. Students were able to enter the gas chamber and crematorium at Auschwitz 1, the only remaining crematoria on site. The experience was hard hitting and difficult at times, but the students understood the significance and importance of visiting such sites. The focus was on humanising the Jewish people who suffered at Auschwitz and telling the forgotten story. We then moved onto Auschwitz 2 where students saw the vast site of Birkenau, with 1.5km of wooden barracks, stretching as far as the eye can see. Our students at this site focused on the testimonies of the survivors and all three students took part in reading out these testimonies to the group. The day finished with a ceremony lead by Rabbi Eckstein, who sang the holocaust memorial prayer in Hebrew. Students lit a candle during this ceremony and laid it at the end of the railway line. A significant day for students, who now have been given the task of creating a project to continue the education of the holocaust further to our school community.

Dame Andrea Leadsom spent an hour with Sixth Form students today across the social sciences' and humanities, taking questions on a wide range of subjects including the cost of living crisis, the government's response to immigration and asylum, the honours system, the role of the House of Lords in UK politics as well as her own experiences of working in the world of finance and politics. For our politics students, this was an excellent opportunity to consolidate their knowledge and ask questions to our local MP. Both Year 12 and 13 politics students will shortly be taking a trip to the Houses of Parliament where they will learn at first hand more about how both the House of Commons and the House of Lords work.

Thank you to our parent community for helping us to fundraise for Comic Relief this Red Nose Day, it has been great to see so many children get in the spirit with lots of red noses and clothing on display today! #rednoseday2023

Thank you to all teams who took part in our Science Fair last night, it was amazing to see all the fantastic projects on display and you should each be very proud of yourselves! We are delighted to share the winners - 1st - Year 7 Elliot W with his 'Rocket' project 2nd - Year 5s Arjun K and Mrigakshi P with their 'Light' project 3rd - Year 8s Ellie S, Emily W, Eve T and Nia C with their 'Growing Crystals' project Well done to you all, and to every team who entered - it was an incredibly hard task for our judging panel to choose from all the brilliant work.

What an amazing day it has been celebrating World Book Day! So many fantastic costumes from both children and staff - we hope you all had a great day #worldbookday

During the last academic year, our (then) Year 2 children designed some artwork for a competition organised by the @royalderngate Theatre to 'Design a safety curtain', and we are excited to announce that our school entry was the overall winner! As a reward for winning the competition, the Creative Learning team from the theatre, along with actor/beatbox artist Ashley Sean Cook came into school last week to run a beatboxing workshop for the children whose work was selected to be part of the final winning design. The curtain design was projected onto the Royal Theatre stage during a special performance of 'Unexpected Twist' (which our Year 5s watched last week) and the winning design is on display in the Underground Foyer during the production run. We'd like to say thank you to all of the children who took part and produced such excellent pieces of work!

We are delighted to share two recent sporting successes from students Isabelle and Jack. Year 10 student Isabelle Smith recently qualified for the English Athletics Championships 300m U17 women's event in Sheffield. Isabelle progressed through the heats and semis finals and finished 4th, beaten to a medal position by just 200ths of a second. Next year, the 3 girls who placed higher in the competition will be in the age group above, so she's hopeful of a podium finish in 2024! Congratulations Isabelle on a fantastic achievement! Congratulations are also in order for Jack Twining who has qualified for the National Cross Country Championships. Jack came 1st in the U15 boys South Northants District schools Cross Country at Courteenhall back in November, which meant he qualified for the next stage, the Northampton County schools XC Championships at the start of January and came 2nd in the boys U15 race. As a result of this brilliant performance, he was selected to represent Northants in the Anglian schools XC Championships at the start of Feb. He came 19th overall (4th for Northants) in the boys U15 race which means he has qualified to represent Northants in the National English schools XC Championship in March. We wish Jack all the best with the upcoming competitions!

On Wednesday, three Year 12 students accompanied Miss Cambio and the Holocaust Educational Trust to take part in the Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This was an invaluable opportunity for students to learn about this topic outside the classroom. Please click on the link below to read our dedicated news article and discover what the group experienced during the trip. https://www.ccs.northants.sch.uk/news-and-events/trips/year-12-lessons-from-auschwitz-trip

Dame Andrea Leadsom spent an hour with Sixth Form students today across the social sciences' and humanities, taking questions on a wide range of subjects including the cost of living crisis, the government's response to immigration and asylum, the honours system, the role of the House of Lords in UK politics as well as her own experiences of working in the world of finance and politics. For our politics students, this was an excellent opportunity to consolidate their knowledge and ask questions to our local MP. Both Year 12 and 13 politics students will shortly be taking a trip to the Houses of Parliament where they will learn at first hand more about how both the House of Commons and the House of Lords work.

Thank you to our parent community for helping us to fundraise for Comic Relief this Red Nose Day, it has been great to see so many children get in the spirit with lots of red noses and clothing on display today! #RedNoseDay2023

Thank you to all teams who took part in our Science Fair last night, it was amazing to see all the fantastic projects on display and you should each be very proud of yourselves! We are delighted to share the winners - 1st - Year 7 Elliot W with his 'Rocket' project 2nd - Year 5s Arjun K and Mrigakshi P with their 'Light' project 3rd - Year 8s Ellie S, Emily W, Eve T and Nia C with their 'Growing Crystals' project Well done to you all, and to every team who entered - it was an incredibly hard task for our judging panel to choose from all the brilliant work.

What an amazing day it has been celebrating World Book Day! So many fantastic costumes from both children and staff - we hope you all had a great day

During the last academic year, our (then) Year 2 children designed some artwork for a competition organised by the Royal & Derngate Theatre to 'Design a safety curtain', and we are excited to announce that our school entry was the overall winner! As a reward for winning the competition, the Creative Learning team from the theatre, along with actor/beatbox artist Ashley Sean Cook came into school last week to run a beatboxing workshop for the children whose work was selected to be part of the final winning design. The curtain design was projected onto the Royal Theatre stage during a special performance of 'Unexpected Twist' (which our Year 5s watched last week) and the winning design is on display in the Underground Foyer during the production run. We'd like to say thank you to all of the children who took part and produced such excellent pieces of work!