Diary reminder: Year 11 students are able to bring in a spare shirt to be signed during break and lunchtime on Thursday 2 May - in the drama studio. Students are reminded they must bring a spare shirt to sign and wear a clean school shirt. #SJLyear11leavers pic.twitter.com/AnL5RDqcEp
Lots of revision techniques taking place in Year 11 Religious Studies class - students are using mind mapping to prepare for their exams and using these mind maps to write possible exam questions. #SJLyear11leavers pic.twitter.com/jZyVrrfJrd
Year 13 biology students were enjoying the traditional rite-of-passage of getting creative and decorating the windows in their classroom with biology inspired artwork. Some impressive diagrams!@SJLScience#SJLyear13leavers pic.twitter.com/E56F1GDTQ4
Year 11 biology students were enjoying the traditional rite-of-passage of getting creative and decorating the windows in their classroom with biology inspired artwork. Some impressive diagrams! @SJLScience#SJLyear11leavers pic.twitter.com/hnOGQcqiA2
Year 10 were working on interpreting histograms in maths class, as a way of determining information about the distribution of data. #mathsclass#histograms@SJLMaths pic.twitter.com/N3S0aWO63A
🏌️Timo H played in the Hertfordshire Schools Mid-Handicap Championship at Mill Green Golf Club this Thursday. He was among 41 players, placing third achieving a round of 84. He has now qualified for the County Schools Championship. Outstanding effort Timo #SJLproud pic.twitter.com/VBKnW5EmA8
Parents’ Evening for Year 10 will take place on Tuesday 21 May 2024 online via SchoolCloud. Further information about SchoolCloud and how to book your appointments will be sent home. pic.twitter.com/OZDWyBl1Xp
We enjoyed a wonderful Year 10 Music Showcase last week, an evening of musical entertainment organised and produced by our talented students. You can take a look here: https://t.co/WZ8V7Lh7U3@SJLmusicfac pic.twitter.com/HV6RkixZu4
U18 Hertfordshire County Cup Final result.SJL 3-0 BSHSA superb performance from all in the squad. Congratulations to all the players and staff who have contributed to this success. #SJLproud pic.twitter.com/Bow7I26Vcw
Year 12 Work Experience w/c 20 May - can you help? We have a few students without placement and looking for opportunities in media, law, accountancy, finance, science and engineering. If you can help, please email tgilfeather@sjl.herts.sch.ukThank you!
Good Luck to our students taking part in the Senior County Cup Final tonight v's Bishop Stortford - You've got this!! Kick off 6pm @ Cheshunt Football Club. @SJLPhysEd pic.twitter.com/YBpzOAYbkw
Year 9 students have been honing their woodwork skills in Design and Technology class as they start the creation of a table lamp. pic.twitter.com/6dMcKXCchO
It was a pleasure to welcome our Yr12 students and parents in for our UCAS and Oxbridge information evening tonight. Advice and Guidance is a key part of our outstanding 6th form offer. #SJLfutures pic.twitter.com/5nLFBCpzr5
Yesterday some of our Year 9 drama students headed into London to watch the West End production of Wicked - they will write a review and critical analysis of the show as part of their studies. @SJLdrama pic.twitter.com/xXom1uYRya
We are looking forward to welcoming Year 12 students and parents/carers to our UCAS Information Evening in the sports hall from 6.00pm. pic.twitter.com/NslyZe1Vt7
Trampolining Success Year 7 student Adam, recently competed in the National Trampoline and DMT League. He finished First place and took home a Gold Medal in the 9-13 Male category. A fantastic start to the competition season! pic.twitter.com/juVslTgKhc
Year 7 were playing detectives in English class today - by acting out a murder mystery in preparation of writing their own murder mysteries later in the term. pic.twitter.com/2LC1qHojzA
What better way to kick off our summer term than a wonderful evening at our Jazz Night taking place next week with our talented musicians. Friday 26 April, starts at 7pm.Tickets available via ParentPay - £8 each.Cashless bar available. pic.twitter.com/80XqfsmxZp
Year 10 were making motors in physics lesson today using magnets and wire coil's, the hands-on activity deepened their learning experience and understanding of how motors work. #sciencelesson#physicslesson pic.twitter.com/KTs9Lj69yv
Download Scratch (a fun intro to computer programming for Key Stage 3 students)
Careers
Futuremorph - an exciting website about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Design & Technology
To view a website that contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of design and technology; click here.
The BBC Good Food website contains hundreds of recipes that students can use to develop their own recipes, as well as useful hints and tips.
‘Thingiverse’ is the world's largest 3D design community for discovering, printing, and sharing 3D models, with over 100,000 designs for students to view, edit and print.
Drama
Digitaltheatreplus.co.uk (accessible from school desktop) for streams of live theatre from Shakespeare, modern plays, musicals and opera.
Royal Geographical Society's Geography in the News resource: Look at the News Case Studies section. About 20 new geographical articles are added each year. SJL’s login is Bandama and password SM6A424QP.
Teams are entered in a Geowise quiz. These compete against teams from St. Georges and Roundwood Park, as well as some St. Albans’ schools.
www.parliament.uk/education/
A great interactive site that explains how British Government functions. It explores parliamentary history, includes answers to common questions and is a great way for students to learn more about the workings of democracy in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/
BBC News features breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. A great resource for young active citizens who are striving to keep up to date with and research current affairs and social issues on local, national and global levels.
www.channelmogo.org
ChannelMOGO is a portal for young people, aged 13-19 (up to 25 with a learning difficulty and/or disability) who live or go to school in Hertfordshire.
ChannelMOGO brings together lots of services and useful websites for young people in Hertfordshire including Youth Connexions. It features information on a wide range of personal, social, health, careers and citizenship issues and ways to get involved and take action.