Story book workshop with our Patron of ReadingLast week we enjoyed a workshop with our Patron of Reading, Anna Jarvis. Who is Anna Jarvis? Anna Jarvis is a graphic designer and...
CONGRATULATIONS YEAR 11'S!GCSE exams are DONE! Today we celebrated with a little tea party in the classroom to mark this important occasion. Over the last 6 weeks...
It's a'Bao't time for a film review!This week we have been exploring the arts as audience members. We watched a short film called 'Bao', a Pixar short movie, depicting a...
Outdoor Classroom Day 2022We try to enjoy our outdoor space as often as possible but a special effort is made for outdoor classroom day. Today we used the space...
Exam season in full swing!This GCSE exam season at Simmons House we have 7 Year 11 students sitting 65 exams in 18 subjects offered by 4 different exam boards....
Celebrating PRIDE!! - LGBT+ History Month 2022At Simmons House we understand that our gender identity and sexuality are protected characteristics - that means it is illegal to...
Not Bronze, Not Silver, but GOLD! Our SMSC Award.Over the last few years (this pandemic slowed us down a tad) we have been working with the Young Citizen's SMSC Quality Mark Award to...
Film Pilot - The Mouse #Resilience Staff and students are contributing to piloting a film-based project tackling resilience against homelessness. A film, "The Mouse," has...
Purl - Pixar Movie Purl is a short animated movie by Pixar. I like that is not too difficult to understand, and it portrays real life situations in the...
Pop! Goes the...POP! In class I get to artistically pop paint-filled balloons in order to create a canvas of abstract art. It’s pretty cool (; I think...
