The new recruits to the Grainville Army Cadet Detachment took part in the Remembrance Service at Grouville Cenotaph and Church. This was their first public parade and they were faultless. Grainville students in Years 8-11 enjoy the opportunity to develop their leadership skills as part of the school's own ACF detachment. … [Read more...]
Cookery Competition
On 23rd October 2019, eight Year 7 and 8 students took part in the JCG ‘Skills for Life’ Cookery Competition. This was a great opportunity for our budding chefs to showcase their practical cooking skills. Students were challenged to create a healthy main course dish using as many ingredients as they could that had been grown, reared or produced in Jersey. Students showed … [Read more...]
Grainville awarded The Quality in Careers Standard Award
We are delighted to announce that, for the second time, Grainville school has been awarded the Quality in Careers Standard Award. This national award recognises the outstanding work that Grainville does in preparing its young people for a world beyond compulsory education. As the only school on the island to currently hold this award Grainville is leading the way in developing … [Read more...]
£106,084 raised for charities since 2009
Milestone reached, over £100,000. Did you know that Grainville has a big heart with students, staff and community helping to raise funds for local, national and international charities? Since September 2009, over the last 10 years, a massive total of £106,084 has been raised for good causes. This is a massive amount of money. All staff and students (past and present) and … [Read more...]
Outward bound team building trip 2019
The Grainville Outward Bound Team Building trip of 2019 to the Lake District has challenged students to 'dig deep' and work as a team, supporting one another, and in doing so develop their personal resilience and self confidence. Students having flown to Liverpool, then travelled by coach to their base camp (day 1) before an early rise and a day getting wet by gorging. This … [Read more...]
Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) INSET day 4 November 2019
Grainville and Haute Vallee School staff are preparing for their joint INSET day, 4th November 2019. Each school will be closed to students on this INSET day. The staff training and development focus is promoting healthy minds. Grainville and Haute Vallee are working closely with partners Mind Jersey and have surveyed all staff and students on a wide range of SEMH related … [Read more...]
Rallying call at Grainville!
This morning Grainville students had the opportunity to meet two drivers who will be competing in the Robert’s Garage Jersey Rally this weekend. Kevin Rault and Brendan Maclaughlin kindly brought their cars in and took time to explain to our Year 10 Automotive students the features of the cars. Year 7 students also enjoyed the chance to look over and sit in the cars. … [Read more...]
World Mental Health Day Thursday 10th October 2019
World Mental Health Day is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. To mark the occasion there will be a dress down day in school with all money raised going to Mind Jersey who work closely with Grainville on our Social Emotional Mental Health strategy and Barnados Jersey who run workshops in school teaching students emotional … [Read more...]
Hats4Headway
Grainville School raised £680 for Headway Jersey on their most recent charity day ‘Hats4Headway’ … [Read more...]
Stem Day 2019
STEM day arrives at Grainville. 60 year 8 students take part in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) day run by the RAF and Smallpeice trust. Students explored the physics of flight, the impact of wing design and weight. Over the course of the day students created straw planes followed by models created out of wood. Teams competed for prizes Cardboard … [Read more...]