Aspiration Challenge – Half a million minutes
From Monday the 10th of February to Friday the 28th, Durrington High School hosted the SSLT’s newest challenge: Half a Million Minutes. Aiming to combine the hard work of every pupil and staff member in the school, we set out to meet the challenge of 500,00 minutes. This was done through hundreds of ways, ranging […]
Year 10 Work Experience
At Durrington we know that giving students the opportunity to work in the real world is valuable. This year over 230 of our year 10 students left school for up to 4 days to try out employment. Students were first tasked with thinking about themselves and considering what it is they wanted to try. They […]
FIRST® LEGO® League Sussex Regional finals
The FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge tournament, hosted by London Gatwick at its renowned STEM Centre, took place on Thursday 13 February. An impressive fifteen teams of students, aged 9 to 16, from schools across the South East, competed in the SUBMERGED℠ challenge, all vying for the prestigious title of Regional Champions. Durrington High School were […]
Year 10 Careers Day
On the last Friday of work experience week, we were delighted to welcome all our students back into school to take part in careers day. Careers day aims to start students thinking about their onward journey after year 11. Information workshops were delivered by The Chichester College Group, Get Careers Confident, Plumpton College and our […]
Year 10 Employer Workshop
We know that external work experience does not suit everyone, and we always want to make sure our students can learn from employers. This year we were delighted to welcome Yvonne Thomas, a Director of Learning & Development at The UK Border Force, to work with the year 10 students in school. Yvonne hosted 2 […]
Durrington Newsletter 14 February 2025
Curriculum Spotlight Food Technology Year 7
Year 7 begin their DT Food Technology rotation learning about nutrition, health and hygiene. They will understand and apply the principles of nutrition in relation to the Eatwell guide. They will look at how nutritional needs change during our life stages as we age, including nutrition in pregnancy, and the differences in gender. The year […]
Curriculum Spotlight Food Technology Year 9
Our year 9s are looking at the diets of various religions around the world as well as international cuisines. They have been studying food marketing, including product placement, the use of loyalty points, apps and delivery firms, and how this influences our own food choices. They will also look at the current legislation around advertising […]
Curriculum Spotlight Food Technology GCSE
Our year 11 GCSE students began the final year of their course with a 10-hour food investigation task where they were required to write a 1500-2000 report. This will make up 15% of their final grade and will be marked on research, investigation, analysis and evaluation skills. This term they have begun their 20-hour food […]
Curriculum Spotlight Food Technology Year 8
During year 8 students will deepen their nutritional knowledge as well health and hygiene. They look at the provenance of food, including methods of farming and the environmental impact. They also learn about food labelling and legislation, and look at food assurance schemes such as Fairtrade and Red Tractor. The students learn about primary and […]
