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Students Reading in the Orchard
Our annual summer reading event was held in the orchard this week. Students and teachers read and recommended a range of different books: including Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Diary of a Nobody BY George and Weedon Grossmith, 1984 by George Orwell, and Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Attendees enjoyed browsing through this term’s new library fiction and a magnificent afternoon…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Theatre Trip
On 31 May 2018 my class, Year 9, and a group of EAL students went to see ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Watermill theatre near Newbury. The play is a comedy by William Shakespeare and is about 4 lovers and is set in Athens, Greece. The play opens with Theseus (The Duke of Athens)…
Padworth Masquerade Ball 2018
At Padworth, we organise an annual summer ball and this year’s theme was ‘Masquerade’. Our guests dressed accordingly and attended in costume wearing beautiful masks (which our students took off for the photo). The ball took place on 25 May 2018 in a nearby hotel. The Padworth community first gathered for a lavish meal and…
Presentation Day 2018
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Trip to Highclear Castle
Our year 9’s went on a trip to Highclere Castle where the popular television series Downton Abbey was filmed. The journey to the castle was a short one as it took about 30 minutes. When we arrived at the castle we went through the gardens and saw where the Secret Garden movie was filmed. The gardens were really nice they had a lot of flowers, mostly tulips. After having…
Urban Study of Newbury
Our geography students carried out an urban study, looking at central Newbury, in particular investigating the changing nature of the central business district, some of the problems of the town including flooding and congestion, and key features of the inner city areas of the town including some of the grade 1 and 2 historical buildings,…
School Trip to Geneva
A group of students recently went on a school trip to Geneva, Switzerland. Perhaps the highlight and main objective was the ground breaking CERN facility. Our students had the opportunity to ask the most fundamental questions which govern our universe and to enjoy an action packed and immersive tour of the labs. We learnt how…
Macbeth in London
A group of Year 9, Year 10 and Year 12 students went to see Macbeth at the Olivier Theatre in London. We got there by taking the train to London and walked the rest of the way to the theatre. When we arrived, the sun was out, and we had finished our packed lunches. We…
Landmark Challenge Winner: Chaiwat
Last term’s Landmark Challenge was won by Chaiwat from Thailand. Chaiwat won five European landmarks, narrowly beating the four awarded to Yai Mai (Thailand), Carrie (China), Emi (Mexico) and Jessica (England). Thank you to the Year 9 and EAL students for all their hard work this term.
Trip to Lacock Abbey and Marlborough
Two minibuses set off from Padworth College with Year 9 EAL students to Lacock Abbey and Marlborough. At Lacock students enjoyed seeing some of the locations in the Harry Potter films. The cauldron and the cloisters were firm favourites. After a tour of the abbey and a visit to the Fox Talbot photography museum they…
