York Independent/State School Partnership provides top-flight educational opportunities for bright secondary-school aged students in York.
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"Wars, hideous wars" masterclass students designed memorials to highlight the devastating impact of conflict on those who fought & lost and even on those who emerged as winners. Thank you to Miss Bok @BoothamSchool for a fascinating insight into this difficult & emotive topic.
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ISSP students were today experiencing Einstein's idea that objects move along curves in spacetime, using a gravity-well simulation. Huge thanks to Mr Parr @StPetersYork for delivering a fabulous masterclass programme for our year 9-11 ISSP students.
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Accomplished story writing & artistic designs in our 'Postcard Microfiction' masterclass with year 7&8 pupils, led by our fantastic @allsaintsrcyork teacher Miss Taaffe.
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In their criminology masterclass, Yr 9-11 ISSP students were inspired by the popular Japanese crime writing style of ‘honkaku’. Students were tasked to create a crime scene centred around a Japanese landmark & use these locations as inspiration for their own murder mystery scene.
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After completing this challenge, creations were hidden & students tried to decipher the destinations; this demonstrated students’ ability to keep the reader guessing yet (as Japanese crime fiction is famous for) leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for our detectives to uncover.
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In week 1 of our Yr 9-11 Masterclass, 'Experiments that changed the world', the students carried out Galileo’s original water-clock experiment using burettes, and a modern version using air-tracks and light gates to study acceleration @schoolstogether @SchoolPAlliance
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March has come around quickly & that can only mean it's Masterclass time! It was fantastic to see the buzz created in 2 of our ISSP schools as 300 pupils representing all York schools arrived with nervous energy & excitement for the 1st of their 3 wks of classes @schoolstogether
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This evening, 100 Yr 7&8 students from across the York ISSP schools are being treated to a fascinating lecture titled ‘“The Brain Squad Series: The Mystery of Letters that turned into Reading." delivered by Dr Elpis Pavlidou from the University of York @schoolstogether
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Shining the spotlight on our newest ISSP projects during #partnershipsweek23 including our Researching Women in History project and Intermediate Certificate in Greek both attended by pupils from schools across York #powerofpartnerships #schoolstogether
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100 yr 7 students from 12 different schools are at @StPetersYork today debating the greatest historical breakthrough of all time. Which will the students choose from fire, the printed word, bicycles, numbers or aqueducts? A great first introduction to the ISSP @schoolstogether
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A great opportunity for Yr 7&8 students from ISSP schools to join a normally over-subscribed 4-day masterclass at the ISSP Summer School (24-28th July). If you are interested in STEM, History & Greek Gods, 'Myths & Machines' this may be for you. Email york.issp@gmail.com for info
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ISSP Students: Get your free ticket for a fascinating live streamed talk on sleep & dream theories with ISSP Psychology Tutor, Harriet Ennis. Explore the science behind why we dream & join the live polls & Q&A. Thursday 5.45.
yorkfestivalofideas.com/2023…
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