The Bourne community college participated in the Sports Hall Athletics event at Bishop Luffa. The students exhibited exceptional performances, and we are immensely proud of their achievements. Their conduct and interactions with others were commendable, and they showed their full potential on the field.
Year 9 have been studying World War I this term. Over the last couple of weeks, they have completed an enquiry into why The Battle of the Somme was the bloodiest battle of WWI, with 1 million casualties. Having looked at why the Somme offensive failed students then re-enacted the stages of the attack to really understand why so many were killed and injured and to empathise with the men who were sent 'over the top' to face a barrage of German machine gun fire. First, we made the desks into two lines of trenches, students were recruited into the army and then proceeded to gather their ammunition (balled up newspaper). Then started the 7 days and nights of artillery bombardment (students had to throw the paper backwards to simulate the inaccuracy of the shells being fired and that many failed to explode. As the bombardment ended a whistle blew, the soldiers lined up in the trench and prepared to go over the top. The German soldiers (largely unaffected by the bombardment) came out of their reinforced concrete bunkers (under the desks) and prepared their machine guns. The British soldiers were ordered to walk across no-man's land to a barrage of machine gun fire (newspaper). No-one was able to reach the enemy trench, all being killed or injured before reaching it.
The students thoroughly enjoyed their experience of trench warfare but on reflection could understand what a horrific experience it would have been for the soldiers in 1916 who took part in this battle.
Students visited Tuppenny Barn and had a fantastic time. They all had had the opportunity to see how agriculture works and its importance in the wider community. All students helped out harvesting and planting crops whilst getting to sample some of the freshly grown fruit and vegetables.
Year 11 Geography students worked extremely well on their revision. Students worked in pairs and had 10 minuets to summarize two contrasting case studies on The Outer Hebrides and South Cambridgeshire. The quality and knowledge shown in their work really impressed us. Well done year 11!
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