Durrington Newsletter 4 April 2025
Anti-Bullying Ambassadors
At Durrington, anti-bullying remains a core priority, deeply connected to our values of kindness and pride. We understand that implementing effective anti-bullying strategies is essential for creating a safe and supportive learning environment. These strategies help prevent harmful behaviours, enabling students to focus on their academic and personal growth. As a school, we are committed […]
Year 10 GCSE Citizenship
Our year 10s started their GCSE Citizenship course getting to grips with who we are in the UK; specifically, tackling questions such as ‘Who is in our community?’ (Local & National) and ‘How are groups in our community treated?’ Using this knowledge, they went on to assess how groups in our community are treated, such as what […]
Year 10 SME
At the start of this term our year 10s were preparing for their work experience placements and this was their focus during their SME lessons as they learnt more about the world of work. This included learning about worker’s rights, health and safety, future career options, and then an in-depth review of their work experience […]
Year 9 SME
Year 9 began the year looking at the importance of consent and how to have positive healthy relationships. This unit teaches students how to recognise when something in a relationship is unhealthy or abusive. The unit will also introduce how to have safe sex and the different types of contraception available. They then went on […]
Year 8 SME
This term our year 8 students looked at skills needed for life after school with budgeting and handling money. They also looked at their own skills and began to think about what career path may best suit them. Using the University of Sussex’ education programme allows students to have a deeper understanding of what is […]
Year 7 SME
During the first half of the Spring term our year 7s have been looking at how the body changes through puberty, what to expect and where to go for advice and guidance. The second half of the term focused on how to keep safe online and looked at the use of social media, the spread […]
Platinum Academy SME workshop
This week students from our year 10 Platinum Academy attended a global justice presentation delivered by Mrs Gaskell, our Head of SME, as part of our St John’s College Inspire programme. This was the first of two sessions to take place and during this first presentation students were introduced to different ideas of fairness or […]
Mary Poppins Jr
Camaraderie, fun, laughter and lifelong memories made. What a wonderful time we have all had producing and creating Mary Poppins Jr, we are delighted that so many people came along to watch the performances. Each and every student was outstanding and gave every second on stage every ounce of energy producing high quality performances but […]
KS3 STEM week at Durrington High School
In support of ‘British Science Week’, we were delight to once again hold our annual STEM week (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), during the week of 17th– 21st March 2025. During this week various workshops and creative STEM lessons took place across the KS3 curriculum, along with guest speaker Dr Jonathan Hare, plus a competition […]
