Talking Themselves into the Second Round

Talking Themselves into the Second Round

On Monday 5th December the Cokethorpe Public Speaking AOB entered two Teams into the first round of the ESU Public Speaking competition. Emily (Fifth Form, Gascoigne) began proceedings for Team A with a speech exploring a feminist take on the title “We Lack...
A passion for English

A passion for English

As part of their work on Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, pupils have been writing their own descriptions of imagined mean characters and the weather. To develop their descriptive writing, some second form pupils took a trip to the Woods to look more closely at the world...
A Taste of Life in the Sixth Form

A Taste of Life in the Sixth Form

The Sixth Form Taster Day is always an exciting and eagerly anticipated event for our Fifth Form pupils, as they are given the opportunity to sample the Sixth Form experience. Pupils choose four full-length Sixth Form taster lessons they would like to attend; for many...
Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen

Year 1 dressed as farmers, started their performance of The Little Red Hen chatting about gathering the harvest with the children offering to help. They then retold the much-loved tale assisted by Year 2 narrators. The hard-working red hen Harriet (Year 2, Gwyn) lives...
Autumnal Elegance at the Six Five Dinner

Autumnal Elegance at the Six Five Dinner

At the start of term, the Six Five Dinner Challenge was introduced to students in the Lower Sixth. The idea is simple: in pairs of Houses they are to plan, organise, budget and host an early evening dinner (plus entertainment) for pupils in the Fifth Form and their...