The Fernwood School

D&T STEM week with our year 8s and 9s before their final rotation of the year begins. Repost from on Instagram.

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Mrs Adams recently attended the 70th Anniversary celebration of the Duke of Edinburgh Award! She writes about the experience below:

"At the end of May I was privileged to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace as part of a week of events in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

The Fernwood School, along with thousands of other organisations across the country and internationally, has been supporting young people to achieve their Bronze and Silver Awards in school for many years, and it was a pleasure to be representing the school at this event. It was an afternoon of sunshine and music, with guest speakers including Dame Kelly Holmes and David Seaman MBE as well as HRH Prince Edward addressing the guests.

I would strongly encourage our students to work towards their Gold DofE Awards after leaving Fernwood and have the opportunity to celebrate completion in the palace gardens one day in the future."

In light of the recent tragic deaths of several young people in open water incidents across the UK, we are sharing important water safety advice from the RNLI. As the weather gets warmer and more young people spend time outdoors, we encourage families to take a few moments to read this guidance and discuss how to stay safe around open water.
If you’re in trouble in the water, could save your life:
- tilt your head back with ears submerged
- relax and try to control your breathing
- use your hands to help you stay afloat
- it’s ok if your legs sink, we all float differently
Practise floating at a supervised location such as a swimming pool.
Remember it. Practise it. Share it. https://instagr.am/p/DZE4loBojvP/

Some fantastic outcomes from our lovely year 9s doing the Lit project. Demonstrating skills in concrete casting, using jigs, the router, soldering, cutting different metals, working to tolerances from orthographic drawings. And such lovely group of students too! Very proud! https://instagr.am/p/DYnM0V0jT3c/

🎨🧩 Autism Acceptance Month Competition 🧩🎨

We’re inviting all pupils to get creative and share artwork or writing about neurodiversity 💙

Entries can reflect personal experiences, understanding of others, strengths, interests or different ways of experiencing the world 🌎✨

📅 Deadline: 30th June
📧 Send entries to: [email protected]
📌 Subject line: Competition – Autism Team

We can’t wait to see your amazing creations! 💫 https://instagr.am/p/DYjtOpxIKQQ/

Fernwood is hiring! Please head to our vacancies page for more information:
https://www.fernwood.school/our-school/vacancies

Our Year 10 GCSE students have been making profiteroles this week to practice their choux pastry skills. https://instagr.am/p/DYS4E9JtRCi/

We are excited to announce that Little Voices will deliver in-school LAMDA tuition from September. Little Voices Nottingham and Loughborough deliver award winning drama and singing lessons to children aged 4-18, nurturing individual talents and focusing on building confidence for life and vital communication skills.

Qualifications can be taken in both Acting and Speaking in Public. Gaining a LAMDA exam is a prestigious qualification to work towards, as UCAS points can be claimed for Solo and Duo examinations at Grade 6 and above. Spaces are expected to fill quickly so to find out more about their LAMDA tuition and register your interest, visit The Fernwood School page on their website. Link in bio. https://instagr.am/p/DYSIBm-CFy9/