Sandwich Technology School

01/11/2026

31/10/2026

👻🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

We hope you’ve been enjoying a relaxing half-term break.

Before we return, we wanted to share some spooky creativity! Last term, Club 28 designed these amazing pumpkins and they did a fantastic job 🕸️

Enjoy the rest of the holiday, and we look forward to seeing everyone back next week.

12/10/2026

Maths trip to Dover Castle!

Our Year 8 students enjoyed a fantastic trip, they put their codebreaking and problem-solving skills to the test, decoding secret messages, exploring the command post, and tackling puzzles using Morse code, semaphore and binary.

A brilliant day of learning, teamwork and challenge. Well done to all students for their hard work and enthusiasm throughout the trip!

🎤 Mrs McKnight

11/10/2026

Our A-Level scientists are investigating the retention factor of chlorophyll pigments! 🌿

Our students are exploring plant biology by separating the vibrant pigments found inside everyday leaves.

Here is when our different year groups are taking on this colorful challenge:
🌱 Year 7 will be carrying out a similar experiment during Term 4
🌱 Year 9 are set to investigate the retention factors in Term 5

We love seeing our students develop their practical skills each year!

10/10/2026

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09/10/2026

✨ Revision Tip #2 ✨

09/10/2026

🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️‍➡️ Year 10 PE students 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Our students have been put through their paces as they completed their fitness testing as part of their OCR Nationals qualification.

There was some healthy competition throughout the group, but it was all in great spirit and helped motivate everyone to do their best.

A fantastic start to the course, and we look forward to seeing their progress over the coming months.

🎤 Mr Baldwin

09/10/2026

💚 🧁 Cake Sale 🧁 💚

Fisher house are hosting a cake sale in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on Monday 12 October.

🧁 Fisher Students are invited to bring shop brought cakes to sell.
🧁 All students are invited to bring some money in to school to buy some tasty treats

🙂 Thank you for your support and generosity, we look forward to making a positive difference together 💚

🎤 Mrs McKnight and Miss Phipp
Fisher Heads of House

08/10/2026

🏃‍♂️Sandwich Technology Students Multi-skills sport workshop🏃‍♀️
Keep the children active this half term, book a session at one of our multi-skills workshops 🏀 Please email [email protected] for a consent form. See you there! 🎉

07/10/2026

✨ 🫡 Celebrating the first National Cadet Week 🫡 ✨

His Majesty the King has shared a message with all of us to celebrate the first National Cadet Week.

I would like to take a moment to reflect on our journey since January. Like many new CCFs ours started as a partnership with a legacy CCF, St Lawrence College took us under their wing and supported our training and set up through the first few months, we will forever be grateful for Major (CCF) Hill and WO2 (CCF) Knox for the opportunities they helped us to create.

In May we got the notification we had been waiting for that we would become a stand-alone unit, this meant we could increase our capacity and establish the cadets properly within Sandwich Technology School, we are very fortunate that WO2 (CCF) Knox has remained working with our cadets as our SSI (School Staff Instructor) and we have also taken on strength Captain (CCF) Peall and Lt (CCF) Birmingham who have a wealth of experience within the cadet force. Within our own school community we have also welcomed Sergeant (CCF) Swan on board providing another staff member within the school that the cadets can talk all things cadets to.

In the few months since we started, we have had 7 cadets pass their Basic Qualification, 22 cadets earn their basic air r***e shoot qualification, and 2 cadets pass their JCIC (Junior Cadet Instructor Cadre). We are currently focussing on our First Aid training which on completion will have a number of cadets receive First Aid at Work Qualifications, which are recognised in all workplaces.

So far since May, we have run Air R***e Shoots, First Aid Scenarios, STEM challenges and supported the local community by taking part in the mayors 800th anniversary parade.

This weekend we look forward to our very first field exercise as a contingent, where cadets will learn to build improvised shelters, cook rations and administrate themselves in a field environment. This weekend will give them the basic skills for future weekends which will develop their skills further.

After half term cadets will now be open to everyone in school including year 7's, consent forms are available from the hub, reception or any CCF instructor.

A 26 second glimpse into life as a cadet
https://youtube.com/shorts/AoEI7RbYVVY?si=W72po0VpBePCHumi

A special documentary to celebrate the week has been released (link below) showing some of the activities cadets get up to
Army Cadets Official | Inside the Army Cadets Documentary

University of Northampton Report 2025
What is the social impact and return on investment resulting from expenditure on the Cadet Forces in the UK?

Thank you to all of our instructors without you all this wouldn't be possible.

🎤 Captain (CCF) McKnight
Contingent Commander