20th April 2012

Fyling Hall is celebrating after receiving its latest inspection report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). The inspection team, who spent four days in the school, drew their conclusions after observing lessons, conducting interviews with pupils and examining pupils’ work.

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10th May 2012

Spring fever was in the air! Mrs Perry's Year 7 and Year 8 students had the pleasure of visiting 'Low Farm' during a Science lesson.

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9th May 2012

Last Sunday Michael O'Sullivan (Year 10) set himself the challenge of completing a full marathon on one of the school's rowing machines as part of the school's Pink Week fundraising efforts.

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8th May 2012

A concert took place on Saturday 28th April in Eskdale School in aid of the Whitby charity InterActive.

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7th May 2012

Pupils at Fyling Hall have been raising funds this week for breast cancer awareness. On Monday the school staged its own 'Race for Life' with all the pupils (and some teachers brave enough to take the pupils on) taking part in a sponsored three mile run.

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7th May 2012

On Friday 4th May the year 8s visited Danby Moors Centre where they did some map work. The day was very wet but the staff at the centre supplied wellies and waterproof coats so that everyone could stay dry and enjoy the day.

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6th May 2012

This year Fyling Hall School is joining other schools in the area in shadowing the Carnegie Book Award. The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children.

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5th May 2012

Forms 1and 2 in the Juniors enjoyed a very exciting geology workshop last week with our visiting expert Mike Windle. The pupils examined local fossils from three different periods, and discussed the evidence about the past gathered from these clues.

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4th May 2012

On the 25th of April we sent our top mathematicians from Years Eight and Nine to York’s Regional Final of Team Maths Challenge.

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3rd May 2012

Last week our pupils enjoyed several activities and presentations by the North East Yorkshire Geology Trust which is based in Robin Hood's Bay.

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19th April 2012

In science we have been studying solids, liquids and gases. We thought it would be fun to try and surround a Year 7 child in a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas - a Giant Bubble.

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19th April 2012

Forms 1 and 2 in the Juniors had an exciting trip to the beach on Monday to hunt for fossils, in the company of Mike Windle from the NE Geology Trust.

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18th April 2012

In science, Form Three and Four have enjoyed learning about materials and changing state, dissolving and reversible and irreversible changes.

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16th April 2012

This term saw another series of wine tasting evenings, which were followed by a classic film and takeaway pizzas. The Friday evening events were very popular with the sixth form students who attended, learning to smell and taste many wines from all over the world.

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23rd March 2012

Form One visited Whitby Museum as part of National Science Week. Every year a different theme is chosen and this year it was movement.

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22nd March 2012

Congratulations to the following pupils who were awarded commendation certificates at the end of term assembly:

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21st March 2012

On Tuesday 20th March the Junior School held their annual Spring Concert in the Barn. The concert featured some of the musical and spoken word items performed at the recent Eskdale Festival.

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21st March 2012

The pupils of Fyling Hall Juniors had a very successful Music Week at the Eskdale Festival, where they participated in a wide range of classes.

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21st March 2012

Mr. Michael Streets, our local area Marie Curie representative, visited school on Friday 16th March to receive a cheque for £200.

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13th March 2012

On 6th March 4 teams (or in other words 16 creative students) took part in the Rotary Technology Tournament in Whitby.

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13th March 2012

Chemistry and Physics A level students were recently able to put their classroom knowledge into an industrial context when they met with representatives of York Potash.

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12th March 2012

Morgan Shearing (Year 9) had the great pleasure of competing at Crufts, the world famous dog show this year. Morgan tells us about his experience.

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9th March 2012

F2 enjoyed making (and eating!) ice cream last week. This was one Science experiment which proved very popular with all the pupils.

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9th March 2012

This week the Junior School took part in the ‘The Spoken Word’ section of the Eskdale Festival that is
held annually at the Whitby Spa Pavilion.

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7th March 2012

The pupils in F2 had a very enjoyable educational visit to the Captain Cook Museum in Whitby last week, where they studied artefacts, maps, portraits and letters from Cook's time.

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6th March 2012

This weekend involved some Xtreme activities as the school visited Xscape in Castleford. Pupils spent their day bowling, climbing, playing laser tag, tackling the aerial assault course, skiing and snowboarding on the indoor slope and some even tried the new indoor surf machine.

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1st March 2012

After a long season of hard work and massive improvement, the under 16 girls hockey team were crowned Scarborough and District champions beating Lady Lumley's in the final on Wednesday evening.

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1st March 2012

“It is not only in her size but in the luxury of her appointments that the Titanic takes first place amongst the large steamers of the world, with the provision of Otto Vinolia toilet soap … for the first class passengers only, mark you, the rest don’t wash!” (From the film A Night to Remember, 1958)

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1st March 2012

Senior games took on an unusual twist this week. In preparation for the upcoming House cross country competition the senior boys took to a run through the North Yorkshire Moors.

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1st March 2012

The 1st XI football team travelled to Ampleforth to play their 2nd XI. On a very heavy pitch Fyling Hall started brightly pressing most of the play into the Ampleforth half.

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1st March 2012

There are several words that could be used this year's trip to London. For example…bonkers, funny, musical, scary, adventurous, different, snowy, artistic, cultural. There is, however, one word that can be used to describe the entire experience - amazing!

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24th February 2012

This week Ms Hornung became a pupil in Year 10’s French class as they tried out their teaching skills. They were tasked to produce a series of activities in order to practise the Perfect Tense in French.

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23rd February 2012

On Thursday 2nd February, 30 students from years 9 – 11 braved the cold barn to participate in the Intermediate Maths Challenge. They had an hour to determine the solutions to 25 logical problem solving questions, losing marks if they chose the incorrect answer.

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23rd February 2012

Volleyball has sparked a real interest at Fyling Hall. Since the beginning of February a two hour training session has been held at both Fyling Hall School and Whitby Community College. Students travel from afar - Stokesley, Danby Dale, Robin Hoods Bay and Whitby, to join this oversubscribed club.

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22nd February 2012

What do you get if you do well in a maths competition? A certificate? Maybe for some people. If you do really well, you get to enter another competition which is even trickier.

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6th February 2012

On Sunday 29th January pupils from school travelled to watch the Newcastle Falcons take on Sale Sharks in the LV Cup at Kingston Park. In cold wet conditions the first half of the game was on a knife edge with both teams struggling to build any consistent pressure.

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2nd February 2012

On Friday 27th January, our GCSE Business Studies class visited the local furniture business, Beevers in Whitby, for our research which counts towards our controlled assessment work.

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31st January 2012

Aaron Preston (Year 7) has been putting in the miles on the road and track in a bid to be the next Mark Cavendish. Aaron managed an impressive top ten placing in the British Cycling National Rider ranking tables for his age group in 2011 and was also chosen to undertake some intensive training at the Manchester velodrome.

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31st January 2012

Once again Forms 3 and 4 in the Junior School have supported the work of the RSPB by taking part in the Big Garden Bird Watch which took place all over the country last weekend.

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29th January 2012

Form 2 in the Juniors have been developing their DT skills by designing and making their own cupcakes.

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26th January 2012

On Tuesday 24th January Form One visited the delivery office in Whitby. Postman John showed us how the letters and parcels were sorted and where the letters for school were put before delivery.

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25th January 2012

A number of our boarders enjoyed a day shopping in historic York. Whilst appreciating the wonders of this historic city, they also managed to take in the wonders of Starbucks and Pret a Manger!

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20th January 2012

Some of the boarders spent a fantastic afternoon on Sunday zipping around the karting track at Scarborough. It was also a baptism of fire for Aussie Joe who has certainly not been taking lessons from Mark Webber!

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16th January 2012

On Saturday 14th January, the juniors went to Waterworld near York for a great fun day splashing about! Afterwards they went to the cinema to watch a variety of films ranging from War Horse to Puss in Boots.

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15th January 2012

The year 9s have recently been studying urban issues with the focus being on urban decay and the causes for this. As part of the topic, they have also been researching house prices in Whitby and why they differ.

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9th January 2012

Towards the end of the Autumn term, the year 7s have been studying tectonics. They ended the topic by making their own volcanoes, which they did by using pvc glue, water, lots of paper and an empty bottle.

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6th January 2012

Our new Gap Student has arrived and is getting to know the Fyling Hall family and the unique ways we do things around here. Joe comes to us from St Joseph's College, Brisbane which is known locally as Gregory Terrace after the street in Brisbane in which it is found.

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6th January 2012

...for Ryan Gibson in Year 11 who has been chosen as one of only 10 young cricketers in the country to join the England Cricket Board's development programme. Receiving specialist coaching from the likes of Graham Thorpe and Bruce French, Ryan is developing into an excellent cricketer and he is certainly one to watch for the future.

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