I have never thought about being an engineer before, so I was not particularly excited about this workshop. I like to study maths and physics, but engineering wasn’t an option that I considered until the Marine Engineering Workshop that Stanborough School organised for us. A friendly marine engineer came to deliver the workshop and it was an interesting experience for … Read More
How Do You Know Summer Is Knocking?
How do you know summer is knocking? Simple: it starts knocking straight after Stanborough’s Arts Festival! And this year has been no different. Arts Festival was an evening to dazzle: instrumental and vocal music, poetry, drama, drums, dancing and even a wedding. That’s right, Mr Hopa finally shared with the school the truth about how he chose a wife some … Read More
Garston students return from India teaching trip
Five teenagers from a Garston secondary school spent two weeks in India in February on a character-building trip teaching children in a school attached to an orphanage. Pupils from Stanborough Secondary School have been involved in annual trips to India for the past twenty years since recently-retired science teacher Kish Poddar took a group of 14 students to a small … Read More
Spectacular Swimming Gala
On Monday January 15th, Stanborough students took part in the much-anticipated Annual Swimming Gala. Despite the cold, grey and rainy weather, Mr Allen, Mr Prince and Mrs Zivanov drove the excited students to Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre. Students from Year 7 all the way to Year 10 joined the competition. The time-keepers and referees were Ms Brewster, Mrs Pavlovic and … Read More
A Big Thank You, ADRA Gift Box Appeal 2017
Thank you all for supporting the ADRA gift Box Appeal 2017! Together, we packed 106 boxes which will bring joy to children at the Ksizbia Refugee Camp, in Rwanda. During the last half-term break, we loaded the school minivan with all the boxes, and even strapped the seat belts on to make sure they made it to ADRA’s storage house … Read More
The Stanboroughian
Check out the latest issue of The Stanboroughian!
Stanborough Ultra Academy Business Club
There was a buzz of excitement as the students made their pitches. One pitch was for a cupcake business, while another was for slime – yes, slime! Students have been attending the UltraAcademy business club for four weeks now, on Wednesday afternoons, after school. They have learnt about business and entrepreneurship, how to create a product, how to make a … Read More
Wembley Stadium
On the 5th October, our boarders went to Wembley Stadium to watch the England vs Slovenia match. Harry Kane scored the goal that secured England’s place in the 2018 World Cup!
A Day in Cambridge: A Student Perspective
It was a sunny and bright Sunday with endless, clear, blue skies. At ten in the morning, on the 24th of September, the boarders and staff got on a coach to spend the day in Cambridge. The journey lasted an hour and a half but it felt shorter because my friends and I were chatting, listening to music, singing, and some … Read More