On Wednesday 3rd July, the PE department celebrated the successes and achievements of students in the past year. Will Golder (former Jersey and Great Britain bobsleigh team member) was the special guest and we would like to thank him for taking time out of his busy schedule to attend. It was a fantastic evening. Thank you to all the parents, teachers and wider community that … [Read more...]
Senior Student Leaders Appointed
After a day of interviews and presentations Grainville School is pleased to announce that our Year 11 student leadership team has been appointed including the most senior student leaders, Head Girl and Head Boy and Deputies. Head Girl - Rylan Head Boy - Oscar Deputy Head Girl - Fern Deputy Head Boy - Charlie Congratulations to the four successful candidates and … [Read more...]
Information evening re-building programme
Grainville School is about to begin an exciting and final development (Phase 5) of a 20 year phased building programme. Phase 5 will cost 15 million pounds. Contractors RoK arrive on site next week. This is the last building phase that will see the creation of a new wrap-around building providing state-of the art classrooms for subject specialist in English, Humanities, Modern … [Read more...]
Grainville to promote the new school year
Grainville will be starting its new school timetable early this year, from 2nd July 2019. The academic year 2019-20 will be advanced for new Year 8-11 year groups on Tuesday 2nd July. This means that all new Year 8 – 11 students will have next year’s timetable and the majority of their teachers for three weeks prior to the summer holidays. The last day of term this summer is … [Read more...]
Preventing skin cancer
Year 10 students watched a moving and thought provoking performance by Love Theatre on the important health issue of melanoma awareness . Jersey enjoys a high level of sunshine with higher levels of UV radiation than for example the UK. The risk associated with high UV radiation is therefore very relevant to teenagers in Jersey. Love Theatre are working closely with The Donna … [Read more...]
Activity week a great success
Activity week 2019 has been a fantastic success . Every year students in Years 7, 8 and 9 enjoy the opportunity to participate in new physical and creative activities with other students aged 11-14, supported by staff. It enables students to try something new, go somewhere different, and work alongside people other than their class peers and teachers. It builds confidence, … [Read more...]
Grainville walks for charity, 5880 miles
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 completed the annual school walk, from the waterfront, St Helier to Corbiere and back, a total of 14 miles each. 420 students each walking 14 miles equals a grand total of 5,880 miles. That is equivalent to Jersey to New York (5,514 miles) with over 300 miles to spare. An amazing total of £2400 was raised, shared between the school … [Read more...]
International artist at Grainville
French international artist, Matt Defour, (aka Atma) has been working alongside Grainville students to co-create a giant mural as part of the Skipton School Mural Project. This innovative partnership brings international artists into schools as part of a community enterprise, coordinated by ArtHouse, Jersey. The final mural was unveiled and takes pride of place in the main … [Read more...]
Promoting Healthy Minds
This is the second mental health event organised by Victoria College and Mind Jersey to help raise awareness to mental health problems among 14 to 19 year olds in our community. It has been co-produced with young people to highlight the most pressing issues and offer new ways to provide support – from parents / carers and leading professionals - to help young people feel more … [Read more...]
Grainville entrepreneurs scoop all top awards
Grainville students celebrated success in the annual Jersey Student Business Challenge by scooping all three top awards during an exciting awards evening hosted at the Royal Yacht Hotel in front of family, friends and the Island's media. As part of the challenge, each student business team used a seed fund of £100 and given 10 weeks to bring their business idea to market. … [Read more...]