Trips
Imperial War Museum Trip GCSE History
On 20th May a group of Year 9 and 10 History students visited the Imperial War Museum, to extend their knowledge of the First and Second World War. When we arrived we visited the areas that specialised in the First and Second World War.
One item that was particularity interesting was a diary entry of a WW1 soldier on Christmas day 1914. It tells of the famous football match that took place on the Western Front and how the men on either side of no man’s land realised that the men on the opposing side were in the same situation as themselves.
After lunch we were free to visit the rest of the museum and the shop for any gifts we wished to purchase. We all had a great time and may I thank Miss Thornton and Mr Sheppard for organising and accompanying us on the trip.
Claire Dunican 9WT
You were more than welcome! We all had a great day!
Miss Thornton
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Geography Visit to the Emirates Stadium
On Wednesday the 26th May, we had the opportunity of visiting Arsenal’s home ground the Emirates stadium named after one of the big sponsors, Fly Emirates. The Emirates Stadium is one of the biggest stadiums built in London on a disused waste fill site. The stadium is located in the Borough of Islington.
To get to the stadium, we set off from school at around 9:15 am and travelled to Holloway road just five minutes walk away from the stadium. At the stadium, we visited the museum located at the back of the main pitch. In the museum, we saw numerous t -shirt
designs, pictures, videos, models of the pioneer players and trophies won.
After spending around half an hour in the museum, we then proceeded to tour the pitch, conference rooms and changing rooms. It was nice taking pictures in the player’s cabin.
We also had an educational talk about the geography of sports where we were told the different countries where these players are originally from, how much has been spent on constructing the stadium. I also learnt that the old stadium, Highbury, was used to construct flats and houses and these have helped to improve on the housing conditions in the area and creation of jobs.
At the end of the tour, we had the opportunity of visiting the gift shop. Some students and teachers managed to buy Arsenal memorabilia.
The day was brilliant and we enjoyed ourselves so much. I learned a lot about how brown field sites can be re-developed and the impact of land use changes in inner city areas.
Special thanks to Mr Mayanja and Mr Humphreys for organising and conducting the trip.
Claire Dunican Year 9
EAL Trip to London and The London Eye
On Tuesday 25th May a group of students went with the EAL department to London for the day. We travelled to and from London by train. We arrived at London Victoria and then on foot we headed to Buckingham Palace to see the Changing of the Guard, but, on this particular day the Queen was travelling to Westminster as it was the State Opening of Parliament, so we saw the Queen, in her State coach, leave and re-enter Buckingham Palace. We then went to St. James’ Park where we had lunch and ice creams. The weather was really good to us and so we were able to sunbathe a bit.
After lunch we headed to the London Eye. Some of the sights we could see were Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, The Gherkin and the bridges that cross the River Thames. There was a souvenir shop where we could spend our money. After the London Eye we walked in the direction of the train station and left London to return home.
We would like to thank the teachers for such a brilliant day out.
Samantha Kent 9DE
Year 8 Literary Walk through Victorian London
On Friday 14th May 102 excited Stanley Park students were crammed into six small train carriages and embarked on a day trip to London. Once at London Bridge we made our way to Southwark Cathedral. From the viewing platform overlooking the Thames we were able to see the ‘Gherkin’, City of London and in the distance ‘Canary Wharf’.
After a few minutes of admiring the scenery our tour guides arrived. Our guide told us lots of strange and interesting facts about Victorian London. We were told about the children who scavenged in the sewage on the banks of the Thames for anything worth selling like bottles called ‘The Mudlarks’. The tour guide said the children couldn’t even afford to wash afterwards!
We learnt about a man called John Snow who discovered Cholera by drawing a map and noticing a well where people got their water from was contaminated with sewage and was the centre of the Cholera epidemic. This led to the creation of the sewage systems that are still in use in London today.
After lunch on the lawn outside the Tate Modern, we visited the gallery and saw art by many different famous artists like Andy Warhol and his ‘Pop Art’. Pop Art is a type of art where one picture is repeated but with different colours or styles. We also saw some comic art and sculptures. My personal favourite was the Pop Art as I liked the different use of colour.
The final place we visited was the Millennium bridge, where we described what we could see from there. I would like to thank all of the staff who helped on this trip.
Christopher Creamore 8JA
Year 13 Geography residential field trip to Devon
After an early start and lengthy minibus journey we arrived at the PGL centre in Devon, where we were welcomed by our team leader who directed us to our rooms to unpack before we had lunch.
After lunch we travelled to Torquay City Centre where we conducted an environmental impact assessment on a part of the city using prepared questionnaires, pedestrian survey sheets and our own observations. We returned to the centre late that afternoon and after dinner collated and evaluated our research data.
We spent the second day studying the River Lemon which was just over a mile from the centre. We studied this river from its source to its mouth. Amongst other things we examined the velocity, width and depth of the river at different stages, as well as its load and sediment size. We returned to the centre around 5.30pm, had dinner and then continued processing our data and drawing relevant conclusions.
Overall the trip was very worthwhile and the skills that we learnt and practised will greatly help us in our forthcoming exam. We also had a great time and would like to thank Mr Mayanja for leading the trip.
Year 13 Geography students
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Music Department visit to Stanley Park Infants’
The Music Department took the year 10 BTEC group to Stanley Park Infants School to perform for their school assembly. This was a 25-minute performance; our pupils sang, and performed on piano, drums, and guitar.
The performances went very well with many of the infants showing their enjoyment by playing air guitar, air drums, and head banging. Our students all gained confidence by performing to an assembly of about 250 children!
On the strength of our year 10s performance, Stanley Park Infants’ School would like us to come back and do another concert in the future.
I would like to say well done to Calum (guitar); Alfie (bass); Aaron (drums); Patrick (piano); Demi, Christina, and Emma (vocals); and Ashley and Sinead (introducing each song) for taking part.
Mr Bradley Music Department
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Swimming Gala
After the success of swimmers from the DFA in the swimming gala at Westcroft in March a number of students have been selected for the London Youth Games to be held on the 15th June in Hillingdon.
The students selected are Alex, Bradley, Luke, Paul, Archie and Nicole. Blake was originally selected but this clashes with his A-Level exams. We wish them well in this exciting sporting activity.
Additionally at the swimming gala students were raising money for Sports Relief and they managed to raise £202.20.
Well done to all of the swimmers.
Special thanks to Sue Mills for her work at poolside on the day and for staff who encouraged students to participate.
Mr Wardle Head of DFA
Year 10 Geography Residential Visit Osmington Bay
On the 26th March, sixteen year 10 students, accompanied by Miss Morris and Mr Humphreys set off for Osmington Bay. We spent around 3 hours driving in the minibus and spent around an hour on the beach before setting off for the PGL centre with high spirits.
The first day we visited Durdle’s Door, a huge arch in the cliff face and studied the different rock types and how it was formed. After, we walked what seemed a million miles, all starving and desperate for lunch, to Lulworth Cove. We learned how the cove was formed and referred back to the rocks from earlier. The groups separated and we participated in separate activities, one group did quad-biking while the other, climbing. Saturday night was spent in the onsite I.T rooms creating an animation on what we had learned that day.
Sunday, we left early and headed for the island of Portland. It is only connected to the mainland through one road and a long, naturally-formed sand bank that stretches for miles. We discussed why flood defences were hugely important on the isle of Portland due to the fact that if the road is flooded the people living there are stranded. Throughout the day the two groups participated in different activities including, climbing and abseiling, a strange sport named aero-ball and quad biking for the other group. That night we were forced to play a huge game of hide and seek, we were left hiding in large groups in cold, wet corners in the pouring rain.
On the final day each group did two more activities, including climbing, abseiling and the zip wire. We said our goodbyes and left for home Monday afternoon, having had a very interesting and enjoyable weekend!
George and Aimee Year 10
View Geography Residential Visit Osmington Bay Gallery
Religious Education Trip
On Tuesday 2nd March Mr Towse took fourteen Year 9 students to Wimbledon to visit places of worship.
The day started early as we had to arrive at 7.30am. From school we took 2 buses to Wimbledon. Throughout the day we visited a Hindu Temple, a Mosque, a Synagogue and a Buddhist Temple, where we learnt lots more about each religion.
Overall the day was fun and interesting.
Kayleigh Miller 9KW
Science Challenge
Six students from Stanley Park went to the Phoenix Centre in Roundshaw to participate in three challenges set against nine other schools. Gus Curtis said this about the day: “It was very enjoyable. Jeremy King is a wonderfully intelligent man!”.
The first challenge was to modify a circuit-driven car, the second to successfully build a replica of a building-block construction through teamwork, and the third to construct a structure that could protrude a long way off of a table without being pulled off by gravity, this had to be built out of rolled up newspapers and string!
The school did not win any trophies, but it was an enjoyable experience and many of the staff members commented on how hard the school’s team worked.
Jonathan Austen 10LM
Indeed I thought the six pupils involved were tremendous!
Especially bearing in mind that I could only give very limited help! Well done, Jonathan, Emma, George, Angus, Aimee and Natasha!
Miss Thornton Learning Leader
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Cancelled trains, Chaos, Students, Teachers,
Oh and of course a performance of the Poetry Show!
On Tuesday 23rd February, a group of Year 11 students along with 5 staff went to watch an afternoon performance of ‘The Poetry Show’. We left school at around 11 o’clock to catch an 11.20am train to London Victoria. When we arrived in London Victoria, we had a bit of time to have lunch.
After lunch we travelled to Baker Street and then walked a short distance to the Steiner Theatre where we were booked in for a 1.45pm performance. The performance lasted till around 4pm when, shortly after, we travelled back to London Victoria. This is when the chaos began.
When we arrived back at London Victoria, we were greeted by a pleasant list of ‘Delayed’ and ‘Cancelled’ trains. A group of Year 11 students and teachers stuck in London in rush hour! We had no clue what to do, so we just waited and waited for over an hour and a half until suddenly a train popped up. We ran to the platform and found a little gap to squeeze onto the train. Once on the train, we were all sandwiched in and able to taste the windows! We all finally reached home at around 7 – 8pm. Unlucky for Miss Simpson, she didn’t get onto our train, she was left in London Victoria and had to take a longer route home. She finally got home around 8.30pm!
The Poetry show was a great way of drilling these poems into our minds. With our upcoming literature exam; it was a very good means of revision as well as learning. Many of the poems that were performed are poems that we are studying for our exam, so to see the poem performed in such a way was really good. It bought the poems and their meanings to life. The performances were organised into an X-Factor competition with each school providing a judge who scored the performance and made comments. In the middle, there was a short section on how to answer exam questions. At the end of the performance we were all given a booklet with key hints and information to help us achieve the best we can in the poetry part of the literature exam.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the teachers and support staff that made this trip possible, especially Mrs Weatherseed.
Grant Fulker 11GO
The Stock Market Challenge
On Friday 12th of March a group of our Year 10 students went to Greenshaw High School for a Stock Market Challenge.
There were three other schools also taking part they were: Greenshaw, John Fisher and Nonsuch. The challenge started at 9 am with the students having to invest the imaginary £20,000 in firms on the stock exchange and to make as much profit as possible by buying and selling shares. The students who took part experienced what its like to be a trader on the stock market. Although we did not win the competition (the title went to John Fisher) we were given use of the stock market challenge game for a year for taking part.
The students representing Stanley Park High School were: Miguel Coelho, Arun Kumar, Elias Adili, Jordan Walkinshaw, Natasha Shaw, George Curtis, Alex Landsdown, Priscilla Musuele and Rutendo Nyagumbo.
Miss Walsh Business Studies
