Today, Friday 20th March, the Spring Equinox, saw pupils and staff at the school witness a near total eclipse of about 97% totality. In the English department copy paper boxes were pierced and used as pin-hole cameras as well as the rather artistic colander method and the creative ‘hand pin-hole camera’. Up in the language department, card with pin holes was used, as well as access to proper eclipse viewing glasses and several layers of film negative.  

Pupils and staff were excited and amazed at this rare event as the moon cast it’s shadow over the sun. The weather was fairly kind to us too allowing strategic clear patches in the cloud letting us view this event [safely]. The light faded to dusk, not darkness then despite the cloud then got brighter again fairly quickly as the moon’s shadow moved away from the sun.