Theo Bishop, who needs life-changing surgery to help him walk, is closer to his life changing wish thanks to pupils at Alder Grange.
Our charity week, in which pupils had events such as cake stalls, sponsored silences and non-uniform days, raised a total of £860 for Theo’s Big Leap.
Theo was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at 14–months-old. This means he is unable to walk without the aid of a special frame.
The week was significant for pupil Tom Hartley, who helped with activities to help his little brother Theo. Thanks to everyone who donated money!
It's the moment we've all been waiting for (or some, dreading). Year 10 injection season. The injections are very important as they serve as a booster against diptheria, tetanus and polio, after your initial vaccination when you were about 4 years old.
Everyone we spoke to after the injections were considerably relieved. Josh Haworth said "they weren't as bad as I thought they'd be".
Alder Grange are TV stars! A few weeks ago, camera crews and presenters from ITV1 breakfast show Daybreak visited Alder Grange to film students being weighed, with and without their school bags.
It comes after the school invested in new seating to support the students' backs. Mr Hulland says "We can't underestimate the importance of looking after our students' backs."
The safety limit for a school bag is 10% of a person's body weight, with 15% marked as the very highest.
Daybreak were extremely pleased with the quality of the footage they shot. Thank you!
On a less positive note, Mrs Macaulay had an accident recently, causing her to be unable to return to lessons for at least a month.
The biology teacher and Achievement Leader for Year 7, who has had a long history at the school, unfortunately slipped off a ledge recently, causing her to be injured. We all hope she has a swift and comfortable recovery.
As all year 10s may know by now, we all have GCSE exams coming up this November/December. Get your revising heads on, especially the higher tier maths sets - Miss Gibbons says it will be challenging!
When we went to a math’s revision class, she told us her motto was “fail to prepare, prepare to fail” - if you don’t bother revising, you have a high chance of failing.
Isaac Power stated “Revision is important... without revision you might forget things that will be on the test”. Khaled Ahmed said “I like revision, it’s really good, it helps me quite a bit”. James Wootton said “No comment”.
So, the moral is, revise plenty and good luck on your exams!
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