Jazz Band and Musical Theatre Trip to NYC - a Student Review
Last October, the Music department organised a Jazz Band and Performing Arts Tour to New York. As the home of such fantastic musical heritage across both these areas, the girls were presented with a plethora of once in a lifetime opportunities and experiences. We asked Vickey Steed to re...
On January 23rd, we visited the GCSE Science Live! event in Birmingham, in which we saw six scientists each focusing on a different topic.
The event began with Mark Miodownik, who gave a very interesting presentation on recycling and the importance of it, focusing on the use of nan...
On Sunday 19th February 2017 a group of girls from year 8 made their way to Andorra for a trip of a lifetime. We departed from Shottery at 5:30 in the morning (!) and slowly made our way to Gatwick airport in London. From there we took a 2 hour flight to Barcelona, and then a...
Shottery Through To National Finals of Team Maths Challenge!
On Tuesday 28 February, four of our students from Year 8 and Year 9, were selected to compete at the Team Maths Challenge at Myton School.
The UK Maths Challenge has been running this team competition since 2003, and combines mathematical, communication and teamwork skills, offering students anot...
Paris - a Student Review of the Economics & Business Trip
If French food, culture and climate were not enough to tempt twenty Economics and Business students to Paris, then the promise of a Brexit-orientated conference was seemingly enough to determine a good turnout.
On Friday 3rd February, I and 19 other enthusiastic Shottery girls embarked upon...
Greenpower Formula 24+ is a competition to design, build and race an electric car. A group of eight of us began this project in September, building our car from a kit that requires customisation and bodywork designed by us. We are planning to complete the car in time for the summer race season...
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day this year, Mrs Beetson challenged her Year 12 Art group with an unexpected brief; create an installation piece in the style of Christian Boltanski. Equipped with only a few examples of the French artist’s work, and wearing more confused faces than normal, w...
Year 7's Sienna Bull did an amazing job at Cake International this year, so we asked her to write an article for the school website to tell us more about it...
On the 11th November my music group Gutted was honoured with opening the Mark Conference of Music Teachers, which was this year hosted in Kenilworth. We all play the viol – a type of bowed string instrument from hundreds of years ago, which isn’t often seen nowadays except in...