Aspiration + Determination + Success
Last week, a team of four enthusiastic Year 10s represented Longhill High School at the annual AMSP (Advanced Mathematics Support Programme) Maths Feast. This is a competition between the strongest Mathematicians across a wide range of schools from Brighton and Hove. Whilst not victorious, the students certainly held their own and displayed great focus and mathematical… Read more
Twelve Year 9 students have been selected to take part in The Scholars Programme – an academic programme run by The Brilliant Club, an organisation which aims to widen access for outstanding pupils to the U.K’s most selective universities. The group have been assigned Louise Elali, a PhD tutor from the University of Sussex who… Read more
As part of the AWS GET IT project, a group of seven year 8 students enjoyed an action packed boot camp trip to the Amazon head office in London. Once inside the impressive 15 story building, they joined 100 other students from a range of schools in the South East region. The day included a… Read more
It was yet another fantastic gathering of maths enthusiast at Brighton University on the 5th of October. This session organised by the University was particularly interesting as students were discovering how mathematical skills have been used to achieve the victory of Lord Nelson and the British Royal Navy in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805…. Read more
On a sunny Wednesday last month, a group of art students travelled by coach to London for a double treat when they visited firstly the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, followed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in Knightsbridge. Year 9 student Abi told us about the trip, starting with the Saatchi Gallery. “We had a… Read more
Thirty of Longhill’s high achieving students were lucky enough this week to be given a ‘flight’ on the iconic British Airways i360 on Brighton seafront. The students, from years 7 to 10, are part of the school’s ‘Ignite’ programme, which offers opportunities to high achieving students. Organiser Mel King explained, “We are working this year… Read more
On the 7th of June, Longhill PE Department took 14 GCSE PE students to the University of Brighton, Eastbourne campus. The purpose of the visit was to give students a real insight into life at university and the different courses on offer for those interested in a career in sport. On arrival we went to… Read more
East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service give regular safety lessons to students at Longhill High School and, as part of a new initiative, they recently invited two of our students to attend HoveWatch, being held at Hove Fire Station. The course consisted of 5 day-long sessions over the period of a month, the aim of… Read more
The history of two world wars came into sharp focus last month when Ms Kenward and her team took 40 enthusiastic Year 9 GCSE History students to the Imperial War Museum in London. The students undertook three different tours: one was a tour around the World War One Gallery, which included a visit to a… Read more
Last month, just under 50 year 8 Geography students visited the fascinating Earthship Brighton eco project in Stanmer Park. The Earthship Brighton is an off-grid building that heats, cools and powers itself from the sun, harvests its water from the sky and treats its wastewater onsite using plants. Earthship Brighton was the Low Carbon Trust’s… Read more