On Friday 8th of November, Year 8 students went on a trip to the Pitt Rivers museum to as part of their Sign of the Times project in Art to inspire their creative designs. The students had the opportunity to go across 3 floors at the museum and see lots of different artefacts from a variety [...]
Harry Potter world was amazing! Definitely one of the best places I’ve ever been. Every detail in the books has been built into the sets by designers. As well as this, there are clever techniques and big things like the dragon in the Gringots bank and how it is presented on film. It looks really [...]
Year 7 went to Tring Museum to learn about animal body parts so we could work on our hybrid designs. A hybrid is a mix of multiple animals joined together to make one. A well known example of this is a Minotaur, a mix between a man and a bull. This was an amazing trip [...]
On 15th October a group of Year 11 students who had completed the Summer Challenge were given a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit Oxford University. Laura tells us about the opportunities and insights the visit gave them. We were lucky enough to explore Hertford College (part of the university) near the centre of [...]
As part of the promotion of the use of technology in the creative industries and world of work, the Design and Technology department took the whole of Year 8 on an exciting visit to the Harry Potter studios in Watford. This annual visit gives the students an excellent opportunity to witness the design process, robotics, [...]
Graphics Gathering Visit 02/10/18 On Tuesday 2ndOctober the Year 12 graphics students and the teachers: Mrs Lenander, Mrs Evans and Mr Scrivener visited the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. We went to the museum to hear a live Graphic Design brief which is being run in partnership with an ethical fashion charity called ‘Traid’. [...]