Friday 18th March 2016 Issue 25

TODAY’S SPORT RELIEF ‘Run to Rio’ Contact Details

Many staff and attended Reception: today in a variety of sports related clothing, 01625 526191 all in aid of the Sports Relief fundraising campaign. Attendance: More information regarding the amount 01625 441089 of money raised and number of miles run, swam, walked or cycled over the course Sixth Form of the week will be included in next week’s Attendance: issue. 01625 441070

Second hand uniform shop: 07807 070468

Community Liaison: 01625 444159

School lettings: 01625 441053

Event organiser, Mr Sachro said, High Notes highnotes@wilmslow “I’m delighted with the enthusiasm with high..sch.uk which both staff and students have engaged with the ‘Run to Rio’ theme today and throughout the week.

I was particularly impressed with the @wilmslowhigh combined running of Dr Pullé, Mr Norris, Mrs Clarke and Mr Vincent who led by wilmslowhigh.com example at lunchtime, completing a large number of laps of the astroturf.”

1 NEWS

Budding chefs As part of their GCSE catering course students have to complete a controlled practical assessment. The theme for this assessment was ‘international cuisine’. Students conducted research on a country of their choice then moved on to plan and prepare a two course meal.

The students produced a selection of highly skilled dishes demonstrating a range of techniques. Dishes included; starters of tear and share bread, scallops wrapped in pancetta, main meals of chicken and mushroom pie with a lattice puff pastry top, squash ravioli, prawn linguini. Desserts included vanilla panna cotta with raspberry coulis, gelato, whisked sponge strawberry cream cake to name just a few.

The Food Technology team were very impressed with the quality of what was produced. A big thank you to Miss Booler for the co-ordination and ongoing encouragement she has offered the catering students and a huge well done to all the students for producing such fantastic results.

2 Junior quiz challenge The junior quiz team performed well at the regional final of the Junior Schools Challenge, a University Challenge-style quiz for students in Years 7 and 8.

Pitted against fifteen other schools, the team of Noa Bradshaw-Swann, Cerys Jones, Fergus Keeling and Lilia Dandache were runners-up in their group, finishing ‘Maths Feast’ competition ahead of Bolton Girls School and Calday On Tuesday Dennis Acreman, Olivia French, Grammar School. Rachel Mulroy and Luke Peart took part in the Maths Feast Competition at The University of In the plate semi- final they were narrowly . beaten by the host team from Bury Boys Grammar School. It was a very entertaining The competition is run by the Further and competitive afternoon, well done! Mathematics Support Programme and is managed by MEI. The competition is designed for Year 10 students and includes 30 secondary schools.

The day was filled with challenging maths activities, all of which our students worked through with enthusiasm, unity and strong resilience. In addition to having fun, the team were victorious and brought home three awards!

They were joint first winners, highest score for the pentominoes round and, proudly, best group for teamwork spirit. Well done to Dennis, Olivia, Rachel and Luke!

Alumni talk 16th March United Reformed Church Concert It has been a week for looking forward but Well done to the many students who also back for apprentice Process Operator performed in a lunchtime concert at the Alex Ogden. Church on Thursday. Students performied a mixture of solos, duets, ukulele and cello Having been named Process Manufacturing pieces. Apprentice of the Year by Trafford College, Alex took the award back to his old school, The only moment of disappointment Wilmslow High, the very next day, to extol the was when the Church’s musical values of in-work training to students. director introduced our head of music, Mr G Morley, as Mr Gary Barlow….. For full article please click: unfortunately the lead singer of Take That http://tinyurl.com/j2l3a6g (Wilmslow.co.uk) was not in the building! 3 Literacy Week Activities

Poetry by Heart During the autumn term of 2015, Year 10 students took part in Poetry By Heart workshops in order to explore the value of enjoying and understanding poetry by reading it aloud. Memorisation techniques were also taught, something a number of students proved highly adept at!

From these workshops, Jordan Spedding, Alex Poole, Natasha Hibbert and Rob Davis stepped up to take part in the school contest round of the Poetry By Heart competition. Their challenge was no small one: to learn two poems by heart and then recite them in front of an audience assembled at our Christmas Coffee and Carols event.

The panel of judges was impressed with all four entrants but selected Natasha as their winner. On 10th February this year, Natasha presented her polished and perfected recital at the in front of a panel of professional poets. Congratulations to Natasha on reciting poetry at this county contest with incredible confidence and poise!

Big book sale in the LRC – Tuesday 22nd March The National Literacy Trust are running a book sale to raise money to help disadvantaged children across the UK with literacy skills. Please have a good look at home for any unwanted books that are as good as new. These will be sold for between £1,00 and £2.00 (as recommended by the Trust.) You can even bring a book in to swop and it will cost you £1.00 Please start to send in whatever appropriate books you have and they will be gratefully received. For more information please go to www.literacytrust.org.uk/ bigbooksale.

4 KS3 Creative Writing Competition Over 200 students entered this year’s Creative Writing competition. Their locally set stories with a supernatural twist showcased both talent and flair. Shortlisted entrants were treated to workshops with visiting authors Bryony Pearce and Sally .

The finalists, sharing their work at the Wilmslow Library celebration evening, had the audience captivated with their word wizardry!

First prize went to Bonnie Kalayal-Peacock (right) and runners up positions to Annabel Rowland and George Ainsworth but the judging panel commented that they wished they’d had more prizes to reward the amazing array of talent on show amongst the fifteen finalists.

Author Visits A real highlight of Literacy Week 2016 were visits from authors Bryony Pearce and Sally Green. ‘Phoenix Rising’ author Bryony, kicked the week off in style, speaking to a packed assembly hall full of Year 7 students in full pirate regalia.

She explained the environmental message behind the adventures of Toby and the rest of the Phoenix crew as well as her writing process. This was followed by a series of author workshops in which Year 7s were given plenty of writing advice and tips from the expert.

On Thursday, local author Sally Green dropped in to work with students from Year 8 and 9. With the release of the final book in the Half‘ Bad’ trilogy coming soon and a possible film adaptation of the novel, she certainly had lots of exciting news too.

With an eye on our Creative Writing competition, her workshops focused on the creation of successful story openings and she had even penned her own entry, set in and featuring Dr Pullé! NOTES

Wilmslow Swimathon Interested in entering a team of 6 or less to swim for charity? Since 1988, well over two thousand swimmers representing a cross section of local life have raised over £145,000 for many local and national charities, swimming in the Rotary Swimathon.

Each team consists of six swimmers who swim on a relay basis. Your team will be allocated a lane in the pool and how you organise the team’s swim is left up to you. Some teams have their strongest swimmers swim several consecutive lengths to give their team mates a longer rest. Teams of less than six swimmers may enter but this means more swimming by its members. Interested? If so, click on these links for information and entry forms. http://tinyurl.com/zc285yv http://tinyurl.com/z2fsrlu

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Year 11 study leave As you may be aware, Year 11 students are no longer granted formal study leave in line with new statutory guidance. However, a significant number of GCSE examinations will be taking place before the half term break. For further details, and the full GCSE examination timetable, please see the school website www.wilmslowhigh.com

Students will therefore be expected to attend school until Thursday 26th May and will continue with normal timetabled lessons until this date. We are unable to grant permission for study leave before this time. After half term (week commencing 6th June) students can revise at home and are only required to attend school to sit examinations or organised revision sessions.

6 Alumni talks prior to Easter We are very pleased to welcome back several former students who are keen to talk to our current students about their experiences after leaving Wilmslow High School.

Anna Bett 22nd March The University of Oxford Years 10, 11 and 12 3.15-3.45pm and () 3.45-4.15pm Ryan Jenkinson 22nd March The University of Year 10, 11 and 12 3.15-3.45pm and Cambridge (Maths) 3.45-4.15pm Sara Howells and 22nd March Medicine Year 10, 11 and 12 Alice Hughes 3.15-3.45pm and 3.45-4.15pm Emma Lawson 22nd March Veterinary Year 10, 11 and 12 3.15-4.15pm

If you would like to attend any of the sessions, please sign up with Mrs Cook at her office upstairs in the Pavillion. We are hoping to extend the alumni programme to other subject areas and will let you know of any further additions to the timetable.

Easter revision school We are currently planning an Easter holiday revision school which will run for several days in the second week of the Easter holiday. The purpose of this is to give students a supervised environment in which to revise with the opportunity to get a little help where they are confused or stuck. It is not intended to be additional teaching.

If this is something that you think your child would benefit from, and would attend, I’d be grateful if you would let us know. This would be free of charge to students supported by the Pupil Premium (we will have told you recently if your child is supported in this way), but there may be a small charge for other students to help cover staffing costs. Contact: Mrs Challis on 01625 444159 or email [email protected]. sch.uk

Year 11 Revision clinic new link for this week’s timetable: http:/tinyurl.com/zqjp37b

7 Additional science mock for different science subjects, examination based on their performance Parents and carers of Year 11 in that science subject during additional science students the year. should have received a letter informing them of an We are using the marks additional science mock from this mock examination examination that will take as an indicator for the place on the 24th March GCSE tier entry in the 2016. summer examinations and consequently as an approach to ensure that Year 11 separate science students and Year they achieved their best possible grade. 11 core science students are not involved in this as they were examined during the If your son or daughter is unsure as to Christmas mock period. The examination whether they have been entered for will consist of 3 subject specific papers foundation or higher tier and in which totalling 2 hours. Some students may have subject, they need to speak with their a mixed tier of entry (higher or foundation) science teacher well before the 24th March.

An extensive selection of discounted GCSE, A and AS level revision guides. Open 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday (term time) PARENTS WELCOME!

Year 10 Work Experience 4th July – 8th July A significant number of our Year 10 students now have a placement for the work experience week.

As it takes time for the company to complete all the health and safety checks in time, you are asked to send in any self-placement forms before the end of this term. There are still placements available and we will try to help students who have a specific request.

The school has requested a £10 contribution towards the cost of work experience and, although many contributions have been received, there are still some outstanding.

If there are any problems please contact Mrs Stephens by letter, phone or email. kstephens@ wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk or 01625 444166 (direct line) 8 CALENDAR

Week commencing 21st March 2016

Day/date Time Venue Activity Monday 21st March All week Down’s Syndrome awareness week Morning Year 7 tutor group photos 9.00-3.00pm Liverpool galleries Year 11 Controlled test gallery visit 3.00-6.00pm Eaton Bank Young Enterprise Interim Presentations 3.15pm - 4.00pm Main Hall Council meeting Wednesday 23rd March 8.00am-4.00pm Fallibroome High 6 Year 7 student visit ‘Faraday STEM School challenge event Break/lunch Gym Norcliffe Easter Fair all proceeds go to ‘When you wish upon a star’ 1.00pm - 5.00pm Sports Hall Intra Schools Trampoline Competition 3.10pm School closes for students 5.00-6.30pm Pavilion Infomation Evening for Duke of Edinburgh bronze expedition Thursday 24th March INSET 4 for staff Friday 25th March Start of the Easter Holidays

Week commencing 29th March 2016

Day/date Time Venue Activity Tuesday 29th March 3.30-9.30pm Radbroke Hall Young Enterprise Area Final presentation evening Saturday 2nd April Bormio Italy Year 9 Ski Trip departs Monday 4th April 9.30am - 3.00pm School Easter School Wednesday 6th April 9.30am - 3.30pm School Easter School Thursday 7th April 9.00am Rowarth to Derwent Year 11 Silver DofE practice hike departs Valley Friday 8th April 9.30am - 3.30pm School Easter School Saturday 9th April Bormio Italy Year 9 Ski trip returns Approx. 3.00- Rowarth to Derwent Year 11 Silver DofE practice hike returns 4.00pm Valley

9 Scarlet Fever cases in Wilmslow – advice for parents/carers We have been informed that a small number of children, who attend respectively Wilmslow Grange and Lindow Primary Schools, have been diagnosed with suspected / confirmed scarlet fever. We have two confirmed cases at Wilmslow High School which are not related to each other (but where each has a sibling at one of the primary schools).

Although scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, it should be treated with antibiotics to minimise the risk of complications and reduce the spread to others.

The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body. On more darkly-pigmented skin, the scarlet rash may be harder to spot, but it should feel like ‘sandpaper’. The face can be flushed red but pale around the mouth.

If you think you, or your child, has scarlet fever:

• See your GP or contact NHS 111 as soon as possible • Make sure that you/your child takes the full course of any antibiotics prescribed by the doctor. • Stay at home, away from nursery, school or work for at least 24 hours after starting the antibiotic treatment, to avoid spreading the infection

If your child has an underlying condition which affects their immune system, you should contact your GP or hospital doctor to discuss whether any additional measures are needed.

Use of the school site at weekends Over recent weeks a few groups of students have come onto the school site during the evening or at the weekend.

Can you please remind students that the site is only open at these times to customers who have paid to use the Bott and Co Careers Fair facilities and that the use of all school facilities after hours prize winner must be booked in advance before access can be granted. Well done to Lydia Branthwaite in 11NAB for We cannot therefore accept any responsibility for any winning a gift voucher from person or persons gaining access without permission. Bott and Co at the recent Persons found on the site without permission will be asked Careers Fair for answering to leave immediately by staff/security officers. all of their questions correctly! Thank you SPORT Sporting success for Wilmslow High It’s been a successful year for Wilmslow’s senior sports teams, with the 1st XV rugby and senior girls hockey team already crowned Cheshire Champions and the 1st XI football team looking to make it a hat trick of trophies in their Cheshire Cup final after the Easter break.

Following in the footsteps of the rugby and hockey teams, the 1st XI football team (below) cruised into their Cheshire Cup final with a comprehensive 7-0 win over Birchwood last week. Due to a backlog of fixtures, the final will now be played after the Easter break.

The team have enjoyed an incredibly successful season so far, winning 22, drawing 2 and losing only 1 match. The team have

The 1st XV rugby team (above) won their Cheshire title back in December, while the girls’ hockey team (below) won their county tournament just last week.

Playing with a depleted team due to injury and unavailability, it was a true test of hard work and resilience. In their opening fixture, the girls beat Kings Chester 1-0 and followed with a comprehensive 3 – 0 victory over The Grange. In their final game of the day, a fine played attractive football throughout the team performance saw them run out 2 – 1 year, scoring 97 goals in all and winners over The King’s School are currently unbeaten in the ESFA North 2-1 and take the county title. West league. Despite their one loss of the season coming in the ESFA cup, the team are still fighting for a triple – the Cheshire Cup, Macclesfield and District Cup and the ESFA North West League title. Still all to play for – hopefully their hard work will be rewarded with some silverware in the coming weeks.

The PE Department would like to once again extend our thanks to team sponsors, James Maguire & Co (Senior Rugby and Hockey) and Brand Interiors (Senior Football) for all their support this season. http://tinyurl.com/zjb7stt

11 The senior netball team (right) finished the season strongly with a convincing 20-3 win over All Hallows on Tuesday. There were also comprehensive wins for both the U12 A and B teams, 19-1 and 15-6.

Hockey The U14 (left) and U16 girls hockey teams played in their county finals in Upton on Chester on Saturday, with both teams finishing in third place. Following their outstanding performance in the previous round, our U13s took part in the North National Finals on Tuesday. The team beat Wakefield 1-0, drew with Cundall Manor 1-1, lost 2-1 to RGS Newcastle and 4-1 to the Grange, to finish in 4th place overall.

Rugby Our U15 rugby team brought home some silverware this week, winning the Cheshire 7s competition held at on Wednesday. Wilmslow beat the heavily fancied Kings Macclesfield in their opening game and went on to top the group with further wins over Weaverham and St Anselms. Two more impressive performances saw them beat hosts Football Lymm in the semi final and a strong Wirral It’s been a busy week for our football teams. Grammar side in the final. On Saturday our 2nd XI (above), U14s and U13s both won away at Stockport Grammar School. Our U12A and B teams were well beaten at home against the same opposition. All of our junior teams made it safely through their Macclesfield and District cup ties However, there were better performances to this week, with the U13s winning 9-0 over come from the U12s, who beat Eaton Bank Eaton Bank, the U14s beating Poynton 2-1 8-1 in the Macclesfield and District quarter and our U16s beating Knutsford 6-3. The final on Monday and made it to the semi 1st XI continued their unbeaten run in the final of the Manchester Grammar 9 a-side ESFA North West league this week, beating tournament on Wednesday, beating Bury Haslingdon 7-0 on Monday and Wellacre Grammar 2-0, St Margaret’s 1-0, The Grange Academy 6-0 on Wednesday. 2-0, and Sandbach 5-3 on penalties before narrowly losing out 1-0 to Audenshaw in the semi final. Cheshire Rugby 7s Winners Year 10 rugby players won the Cheshire Rugby 7s at Lymm High School this week. After emerging from the group unbeaten after victories against King’s School, Weaverham and St. Anselms, the boys went on to beat Lymm in the semi-final, in front of a small crowd of home fans, then Wirral in the final.

The boys were outstanding throughout with all 12 squad players contributing to the cup win.

Results week commencing 12th March

DATE OPPONENTS 1ST 2ND 3RD/U16 U15 U14 U13A U12A U12B SPORT 12-Mar-16 STOCKPORT GRAMMAR won 3-0 won 5-3 won 2-1 lost 7-1 lost 10-­‐2 FOOTBALL 12-Mar-16 U14s/U16s COUNTY TOURNAMENT 3rd 3rd GIRLS HOCKEY 12-Mar-16 THE GRANGE won 33-16 won 47-12 won 39-12 won 16-14 lost 6-29 NETBALL 12-Mar-16 KINGS MACC lost RUGBY 14-Mar-16 HASLINGDON won 7-0 FOOTBALL 14-Mar-16 KNUTSFORD ACADAMEY won 6-3 FOOTBALL 14-Mar-16 EATON BANK won 9-0 won 8-1 FOOTBALL 14-Mar-16 won 2-1 FOOTBALL 15-Mar-16 ALL HALLOWS won20-3 won 19-6 won 15-6 NETBALL 15-Mar-16 STOCKPORT GRAMMAR drew 1-1 FOOTBALL 15-Mar-16 REGIONAL MINI FINAL @ LEEDS UNI A A GIRLS HOCKEY 16-Mar-16 WELLACRE A FOOTBALL 16-Mar-16 MGS TOURNAMENT A FOOTBALL 16-Mar-16 TYTHERINGTON H H H H H H NETBALL 16-Mar-16 CHESHIRE SEVENS - LYMM HS A RUGBY 16-Mar-16 ST NICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL, A CRICKET 17-Mar-16 POYNTON AT ALL HALLOWS A GIRLS FOOTBALL 17-Mar-16 MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL A RUGBY 18-Mar-16 MALBANK HS NANTWICH INDOOR FINALS A CRICKET 19-Mar-16 UNDER 12S KING CHESTER TOURNAMENT A GIRLS HOCKEY 19-Mar-15 ROBIN PARK SPORTS CENTRE - WIGAN - NATIONAL FINALS TRAMPOLINE Fixtures week commencing 18th March DATE OPPONENTS 1ST 3RD/U16 U15 U14 U13 U12 SPORT 18-Mar-16 MALBANK HS NANTWICH INDOOR FINALS A CRICKET 19-Mar-16 UNDER 12S KING CHESTER TOURNAMENT A GIRLS HOCKEY 19-Mar-15 ROBIN PARK SPORTS CENTRE - WIGAN - NATIONAL FINALS TRAMPOLINE 21-Mar-16 CHEADLE SCHOOL A A A FOOTBALL 22-Mar-16 FINALS H H H FOOTBALL 23-Mar-16 CHESHIRE 7S- SANDBACH A RUGBY 23-Mar-16 FALLIBROOME A 23-Mar-16 CHEADLE HIGH SCHOOL H FOOTBALL

Change of contact details If your contact details have changed (new mobile phone number/emergency contact etc.) since September please contact Lindsay Challis on [email protected]

USEFUL LINKS Sports X-tra: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/?p=259 Arts X-tra: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/?p=265 X-tra – Xtra: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/?p=269 Previous issues of High Notes: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/?p=2239 Letters sent from school: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/?p=2043

13 COMMUNITY

Wilmslow Park Run If any students would like to help on Sundays at the free 2k Wilmslow junior parkrun for 4-14 year-olds, they just need to email [email protected].

We provide full training for roles ranging from marshalling, scanning barcodes, handing out finish tokens, timing or tail running. Just arrive at The Carrs by 8.45am and they’ll be finished before 10.00am.

For further details: http://www.parkrun.org. uk/wilmslow-juniors/

To help at the Saturday parkrun, email [email protected], http://www. parkrun.org.uk/wilmslow

Students need to register at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/form/ and then opt-in (‘manage my profile’, ‘email options’, select Wilmslow junior and save) so that we can send you a reminder a couple of days before. Thank you

Wilmslow junior parkrun team

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