Eco – Committee Campaign

October 14, 2022/in Whole School/by Keris McCormick

The Eco-committee are campaigning to stop car idling and reduce air pollution.

Idling is a very pressing issue in the county of Hertfordshire, and it contributes heavily and negatively to the ‘ozone layer’. Exhaust fumes emitted contain C02 – a greenhouse gas which are gases that go into the atmosphere and decay the ozone layer – the invisible barrier between us and the sun. If you’re wondering why each summer is getting so much hotter, it’s because of global warming.

According to scientists, this summer was the coolest summer we will have in our lifetimes. To help slow down this heat massively, you can help by avoiding sitting in your car with the engine on whilst idle (staying still) as this still emits CO2. This also uses more fuel and increases your carbon footprint. Keeping your engine running when you’re stationary is illegal in the UK.

What can we do to stop the impact of this problem?

When nobody in your car is driving, turn the engine off.

Instead of listening to music in your car you can read a book.

Thank you for looking after the health of our students.

Mr Inman

Inter-School Debate Competition

October 14, 2022/in Whole School/by Keris McCormick

For a long time, schools in the local area have lacked opportunities to get together for the purpose of debate. This Monday evening, Katherine Warington School was proud to host the first inter-school debate competition we have seen in a long time! We invited Roundwood, St George’s and Sir John Lawes to come and compete with us.

Well done to Sophie H, Dom W, Helena R and Flo C in Year 8 for absolutely fantastic work in preparing for their debates and for getting up there in front of an audience to face rebuttal from the other teams. Sophie and Dom were arguing for homework and made articulate arguments about how all students should have opportunities to fulfil their potential at school and homework helps them to do that. Whereas Helena and Flo were arguing for a sugar tax. I was especially impressed with some of the points made about how the government could use a sugar tax in the short term to improve education around healthy eating and exercise.

Thank you to the teachers for getting their teams organised so that students could participate in these lively debates. We also wanted to say a special thank you to Lucy Bacon, Producer and Journalist at LBC. She attended to lead the judging panel and present prizes to the winners at the end.

We look forward to another opportunity to compete in the New Year as it was clear that all schools felt the opportunity for inter-school debate was welcomed.

Mrs Aikman

Period 7 Oct 2022

October 13, 2022/in News, P7/by Dean Inns

Herts Voices 5th October

October 13, 2022/in Whole School/by Dean Inns

On the 5th October 16 of our Year 9 and 10 students, joined other Secondary Schools from Hertfordshire at Marriotts School in Stevenage to attend the launch Herts Voices Event. Our students were an audience for Timothy Armoo: founder of Fanbytes and Forbes 2021 30 under 30 and Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 at the Tech Achievement Awards, who provided the event’s inaugural talk on entrepreneurship. Our students were able to listen, discuss and ask Timothy as he discussed: