Year 7 Decision Week features three days within the science department and a further two days with the English and geography departments.

Year 7 Decision Week features three days within the science department and a further two days with the English and geography departments.

Physics - Space Day
Students design, build and test water powered rockets looking at modifications to increase flight time and then to design a suitable landing craft to safely return their EGGstronauts back to Earth.

Chemistry - Reaction Day
Students get to learn about collision theory and how to measure the speed of a reaction. They conduct a series of experiments to find out how changing experiment conditions changes the speed of the reaction and finally produce a video to prove how collision theory explains the observed changes.

Biology - Nature World Day
Students get a chance to get outside and see what is living and growing around the academy grounds. Activities include bug hunting, nature art, ice sculpting and global warming animation.

English - Newspaper Reporter
Students spend one day working as a newspaper team in order to create a complete newspaper by the 3pm print deadline. They need to debate the ethical and environmental issues that their readers will be interested in before following the story through to publication.

Geography - Robin Hood's Bay
Students head out on an excursion to Robin Hood's Bay to introduce them to the process of gathering data whilst out in the field which is a key geographical skill needed in Key Stage 3 and 4.