Hello everyone, my name is Georgiana Sale and I am the new Headteacher of City of Leeds School. I am thrilled to be taking over the leadership of this vibrant, happy, multicultural school which has won prestigious awards such as being the first secondary school in the UK to be awarded ‘School of Sanctuary’ status. [...]
This piece of artwork is just one example from a collection created by one of our former students at City of Leeds School, Nazish. The artwork is a really vibrant, culturally-rich example of a mixed-media portfolio from City of Leeds School. If you would like to see more of this work please click on the images.
The Little London Community Lantern Festival took place on the evening of Friday 11th November. This event was the culmination of lots of hard work from dedicated staff, students and parents/carers of our own school and those of our partnership primary schools. Lots of brightly coloured lanterns were carried from the primary schools which led [...]
We have been awarded the School of Sanctuary Status. The ceremony took place on Tuesday 21 June at the Civic Hall and the certificate was presented to the school by the Lord Mayor. We are the first secondary school in the country to have been awarded this and are delighted that our work to support [...]
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On Thursday 2nd February City of Leeds hosted a joint rehearsal on the Steel Pans for local primary
February 20, 2012 in Curriculum, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, News, Uncategorized, Useful Information
Here is the latest edition of our school newsletter, ‘Leading Edge’. Please follow the link below to see the latest news from City of Leeds School……….
February 6, 2012 in Curriculum, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Useful Information
Here are our school themes for this month -
Things for adults to work on in school:
Things for pupils to work on in school:
February 3, 2012 in Curriculum, Key Stage 3, Music, Parents
On Thursday 2nd February City of Leeds hosted a joint rehearsal on the Steel Pans for local primary schools. These schools have been working with Victoria Jaquiss to learn the Steel Pans. They are entering ‘Music for Youth’ as a joint performance. This rehearsal provided the opportunity for Blenheim, Quarry Mount and Shire Oak primary schools to rehearse together.
The rehearsal involved nearly one hundred students, teachers and parents rehearsing on Steel Pans, djembes, glockenspiels, and percussion for an audience of City of Leeds students. The afternoon was full of energy and excitement and we would like to wish all the primary schools involved “Good Luck!”
February 2, 2012 in Drama, Music, Uncategorized
On Wednesday 1st February City of Leeds welcomed Leeds Youth Opera into school. Students from years 7 and 8 were introduced to their new performance ‘The Poisoned Kiss’ looking at the plot and characters through a variety of music, drama and dance workshops and costume design.
Students worked really hard and we were really impressed with the effort and talents of the students. There may be some opera singer within us yet!
We will be visiting the theatre next week to see the Leeds Youth Opera performance and are really looking forward to seeing the performance brought to life.
February 2, 2012 in Key Stage 3, Science
‘Forward…back…oh no, too far!’
Just some of the comments heard from pupils in the Bright Sparks STEM club who were thrilled by doing Robotics this week. Using facilities in the Derek Fatchett CLC, pupils explored how to programme robots to follow commands and how to learn from their experiences. 
Everyone really enjoyed learning how to use the robots and have started on a series of challenges to test their programming skills. We really like the victory dance that the robots can be programmed to do when we have finished the challenge successfully!
Unlike the robots on Robot Wars, which are just remote controlled, these are proper robots with sensors that you can programme to adapt to different situations. We are looking forward to more difficult challenges with the robots over the next couple of weeks.
Bright Sparks is open to all KS3 pupils on Thursdays from 3-4pm, meeting in B42 from 2.45pm onwards. See Ms Whittaker for more details.
January 24, 2012 in Drama, Music, Uncategorized
On Thursday 19th January students from the year 9 Performing Arts class visited the Northern Ballet. Students were able to see short pieces from famous Northern Ballet performances including, Beauty and the Beast, The Nutcracker and Madame Butterfly. They were then able to meet some of the dancers and the Artistic Director of Northern Ballet who introduced the pieces and explained the inspiration behind his work before answering questions from the students. The afternoon was inspiring and entertaining and will also be of great benefit to the students BTEC work.
A dancer from Northern Ballet will be coming into school at the end of this half term to lead a dance workshop with students from our year 9 and 10 Perfoming Arts classes, which we are very excited about!
January 18, 2012 in Maths
Congratulations to our second group of Year 11s who have just received their GCSE Maths Grades.
Having now exceeded our target for Maths passes this year, and with the next group sitting exams this week and in June we are hoping for our best results ever!
With students in years 9 and 10 having already started to accrue top grades, and more about to sit further exams, the future for Maths passes is looking bright.
Good luck to all our students, well done so far and keep up the hard work in the final drive to GCSE success!
January 16, 2012 in News, Parents, Useful Information
There is a new Zumba class taking place each Wednesday at City of Leeds School between 6.45pm—7.40pm. If you want to get fit and have a great time doing so, just check this class out!!
The cost is: £5.00 for a drop in session, with concessions for students at £4.00 (on production of photographic ID). You can also obtain more lessons with a class pass: 10 for £45 or 20 for £80.
January 16, 2012 in Drama, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Music
On Wednesday the 14th December City of Leeds held its winter concert ‘Winter Vibe’. The evening included performances from The Year 10 Performing Arts Class who performed their version of the Pantomime ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘City Choir’, ‘The New City Dancers’ and ‘The Leeds Silver Sparrows’.
There was also a variety of musical performances including the traditional Chinese instrument ‘Hulusi’, an Iranian folk guitar solo and a rhythmic solo to a traditional Russian song using only his teeth! Students worked really hard all term to prepare for the concert which was a huge success and greatly enjoyed by all who attended.
January 7, 2012 in Science
Ready ... Steady ...Go!!!
Which materials make the best fake blood?
How does a hovercraft work?
Can a car work with a rubber band?
These are some of the questions the Bright Sparks STEM club have been investigating this term. Pupils have participated in a range of exciting and stimulating activities and competitions focussed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Since September some of the activities we have done are:
Fingers Crossed!
· Made model bridges
· Discovered how telescopes work
· Made rubber band race cars
· Science of Circus Skills
And the New Year is looking exciting with robotics, paper airplane design and soda rockets amongst the activities and competitions planned. Open to KS3 on Thursdays 3-4pm in B42 – everyone is welcome.
