Literacy at Alder

Year 8’s are doing the armchair adventures with some professional theatre and music producers to showcase how musical theatre works. The students did a musical warm-up with the pros to see how it’s done. A quote from an interview with Alex said “I Love French, And Learning About Musical Theatre…

Today for Alder's first ever art fest , 10A used microscopes to investigate cells and then draw them out in an aesthetically pleasing way.

An early Christmas present for all our students, brand new books for the 16 Before You're 16 Reading Challenge. All information has been shared with students via Teams. Please encourage your son/daughter to get involved.

Watch the video in this article for information about the Black Lives Matter movement: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a32745051/what-black-lives-matter-means/

Read through these speeches that have been made over the past couple of weeks in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign…

We are excited to announce the first online Alder Community High School Book Club!

Join the English department in reading War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo.

Narrated from an unusual perspective, Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse tells a powerful story of humanity and friendship that…

Mrs Vella is reading The Prison Doctor by Dr Amanda Brown

I have read so many books whilst we have been isolated. It usually takes me ages to finish one, however I am going through them so quickly as my mind seems far more focused than normal. Maybe this is due to the lack of hustle and bustle…

Hello

I want to introduce you to our new Literacy at Alder web page. On these pages we are hoping to keep you informed and inspired about all things literacy, including word of the week and the wonderful world of books.  Although much has happened since, it’s not that long ago that I spoke to…