This year, we held our Open Event on Thursday 13th September and welcomed over 400 people to school
With Secondary School application date coming up shortly, on 31st October, the entire staff and many pupils, put everything into preparing a day and evening to showcase the school in all it’s glory.
Parents who were not able to attend the evening event, booked school tours in the morning and afternoon, and the evening event started at 6.15pm.
As parents and carers poured through the doors from 5.30pm, they were greeted by pupil tour guides, pupil leadership and members of staff. Pupils gave school tours, answering questions and talking about the activities that were available.
Each department offered activities to engage potential pupils and ignite their interest in a subject they may never had encountered:
| Art & Photography | Sketchbook observation, watch pupils Paint, and develop pieces of artwork | |
| Careers | Display, information, discussion at the hub | |
| Computing | Stop frame animation, java programming | |
| Design Technology | Wind Twisters, magic balance | |
| Drama | Pupils performing song & dance | |
| English | Romeo & Juliet ‘Whoosh’ activity
Grammar games Whiteboard activities |
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| Food Technology | Taste testing, Messy Kitchen games, food science | |
| Geography | Food around the world, flag quiz, interactive games |
| History | Studley now & then, presentation, artefacts, quiz, travel back in time with VR headset, historic diseases | |
| Maths | Maths puzzles, memory maths, interactive games, numeracy ninjas | |
| Modern foreign languages | Food from Europe, treasure hunt, language games, verbal activities | |
| Music | Performance activities, keyboards, drums, rehearsals | |
| Physical education | Basketball, handball, Dance performance | |
| Religious education | Pupil Presentation, artefact display, R.E Challenge, interactive learning | |
| Science | Biology – dissections, creepy crawlies, skeletons
Physics – Speed, forces & Electricity Chemistry – Fire, explosions, reactions, making a mess |
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Mr Gray, the Principal, then greeted visitors in the hall and spoke about the many benefits of sending their child here and the experiences our students have during their time at Studley High School. Year 7 pupils Kimi Sweet and Jacob Miles delivered a brilliant presentation on settling in to school and their journey from Year 6 to Year 7, including their experiences of Summer School, to ease the transition.
Feedback from parents has been incredibly positive, particularly relating to the expertise of our pupils and the passion they showed in talking about school and the individual subjects, as they carried out their tours.
If any parent or carer still wishes to see the school and meet a member of the leadership team, please contact the office to arrange a personal tour: 01527 852 478.
Thank you to all who attended and all staff and pupils involved, for making this the best ever open event at Studley High School.
