High School, Morton Road, , Woking, , GU21 4TJ

SPRING 2017 Tel: 01483 888447 Fax: 01483 888448 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk

NEWSLETTER Headteacher: Jane Abbott

Headteacher’s Letter

The core values of – those preparing for GCSEs in Summer esteem workshops to develop calm and academic excellence, outstanding pastoral 2017 and those progressing through their reduce anxiety in the lead up to the final care and unparalleled opportunities for two year study programme) for their examinations. Following the success of students to be involved in a wide range forthcoming examinations. Year 11s have last year’s ‘Puppy Room’, in liaison with of academic, cultural, artistic and social had a huge selection of revision events Guide Dogs for the Blind, we have again activities - have been clearly in evidence to access, including revision classes been able to organize this opportunity throughout this Spring term. in school, master classes, after school for our Year 11 students. Easter revision seminars, revision during half term and classes will take place, for key students by The academic success of Woking a second week of indicative exams in invitation, in Maths (3rd/4th April) English High School students is of paramount the core subjects in early March. The (5th/6th April) Art (5th/6th April) Graphics importance to the whole school community students have eagerly embraced these (10th/11thApril) Computing (10th/11th and as such there has been a significant activities and have also benefitted from April) Business (13th April). These dates focus on preparing senior students (both mentoring, mindfulness sessions and self- are correct at the time of going to press.

Woking High School is an exempt charity and company limited by guarantee. Registered in with Company Number 8586085 and has a registered office as above. When students return to school after Easter sixteen students attending specialist chess their lessons will continue until the 12th tuition under the guidance of International May, when an immersion timetable will Master Gavin Wall. replace the normal Year 11 timetable and During the past month we have seen provide final intensive revision prior to exceptional performances from our each examination. students in music and . The annual To extend our outstanding pastoral Vocal and Instrumental Competition, in provision staff and students at Woking memory of Lorna Paterson was held in mid High School are currently involved in March. Holly Tibbotts was awarded the designing and planning a new Wellbeing coveted Lorna Paterson Cup for Special Centre. This centre will coordinate our Achievement in Music having given an extensive range of activities designed to outstanding performance of Sonatina for offer all students the chance to access Flute and Pianom 1st Movement (Burton) support for their emotional and mental For a full report please see Mr Goodwin’s health. One of the key aspects of our article later in the newsletter. Just days new Wellbeing Centre will be organizing ago, packed audiences enjoyed three strategies and opportunities to develop performances of our 2017 production of resilience in the face of the challenges that The Wizard of Oz. life may present. This new centre will also Our Youth Speaks teams have continued build on our first class pastoral welfare the excellent tradition of public speaking at are extremely fortunate to work in a school provision and provide pastoral support for Woking High School. Both the Senior and with such a lovely environment. Our site any potential issues ranging from stress Intermediate teams won the local Rotary staff take exceptional care of our school and anxiety about exams to debilitating Club competition and went on to represent estate and many visitors comment on our long-term conditions. the school in the District Semi-Final where welcoming, bright and attractive school. A further pastoral development this term the Intermediate team were victorious. I would like to take this opportunity to has been the “I Need Help” campaign, This team then proceeded to the District thank our site team, headed by Mr Turner, launched with support from the ‘I Need Final on 18th March which they won and for all that they do to care for our school Help’ charity, a branch of the ‘Family Line’ then performed at the Regional final on 25 environment. We are constantly striving to in Surrey it caters specifically for school March, where they won ‘Best Chair’ but extend our site provision and I am pleased age children. 20 of our Year 10 students lost as a team to Wycombe Abbey School. to announce that when we return after have been trained as INH Ambassadors Easter our new SEND building will be Every week we seem to report on the and run a drop in clinic every lunchtime in almost ready for use. It is a purpose built, amazing sporting successes achieved school that any student can access. They Woking High School designed, facility by our students. This term teams and act as a signposting service and offer a which will meet the needs of a number individuals have added to our huge listening ear in time of need. of our students who need extra support collection of silverware by winning cups accessing the curriculum and life at school. One of our most at District and County level in Swimming, valued pastoral Badminton, Basketball and Football. We finish school at 12 noon on Friday 31st colleagues, Mr Woking High School students performed March and return for the Summer term on Scott-Boyle, who outstandingly at the British Biathlon Tuesday 18th April at 8.55 a.m. On behalf has been at the Championships at Crystal Palace last week. of everyone at Woking High School, I wish school for 9 years, Please read Mr Justice’s sports report for you a very happy, sunny Easter Holiday. is leaving us to further details. With best wishes. join his wife in the Woking High School students and staff USA. He has played a key role in pastoral Jane Abbott, Headteacher support for our young people over the years and has designed the Woking High School “Striving For My Best” programme. This has become a model of best practice and has been adopted and adapted by many Surrey schools. We thank him for his dedication and friendship and wish him well Stateside. Woking High School is renowned for providing its students with a huge selection of extra curricular activities and opportunities. Once again our students have seized these many opportunities to develop their skills and talents. This term the Chess Club has been a welcomed new addition to our enrichment offer, with

2 GASP Motor Project

THREE OF OUR YEAR 9 STUDENTS observation that “I am now the only person were praised for their achievements in my family who knows how to fix an when they were visited by HRH The engine”. Woking High School students Earl of Wessex on Thursday 23 February. follow a very academic curriculum yet Tegen Brown, Allanah Collins and we are also committed to providing Lucy Francis have been attending a opportunities and experiences that help course covering the principles of motor to develop students as individuals and mechanics and engineering through the support their career aspirations. We are school’s partnership with the GASP very pleased with the progress made by the Motor Project. Prince Edward was girls during their time with GASP and their extremely impressed by the knowledge royal recognition was richly deserved. and understanding of the students and especially appreciated Tegen’s S Sharples, Deputy Headteacher

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Youth Speaks - STUDENTS SPEAK OUT

AT WOKING HIGH SCHOOL we Our success in the Intermediate category pride ourselves on helping some of our continued, with our team winning once most able students to develop the skills again in the District Final. Madeleine and confidence to speak in public with again won best Chair and the whole team confidence and flair. Back in November, competed again in the Regional Final a we were successful once again in the week later. This time, despite Madeleine first round of the Rotary Club Youth winning Best Chair for the third time Speaks competition, with both of our running, the team as a whole were defeated teams winning at Intermediate and Senior by Wycombe Abbey School. categories. It takes a huge amount of effort, Both teams went on to the second round commitment and courage to write, learn in February, and the Intermediate team of and deliver a speech in front of a hall full Year 9 students Alana Lynch, Madeleine of adults. We are very proud of our teams McClements and Isabel Metcalfe won and know that their public speaking skills again, defeating competition from All will certainly help them to communicate Hallows School and The Wavell. Alana under pressure and be taken seriously Lynch won the individual award for best when it counts. Our thanks as ever go Speaker, while Madeleine McClements to the Rotary Club for organising such a won best Chair. Our Senior team were terrific and worthwhile competition, and pipped to the post by strong competition particularly to the local branch of Woking from the Year 12 girls from Farnborough District, who sponsor our teams. Hill, and it was no surprise that this same S Savory, Teacher of English team went on to win the Senior category in the District Final in March.

3 English - WORLD BOOK WEEK

AS PART OF THE SCHOOL’S FOCUS on to Book Aid. The school embraced the To round off the successful week we held literacy and reading in particular, we have ‘Drop Everything and Read’ initiative with a Mega Book Fair with contributions run a number of activities to encourage exciting book tasters recorded by staff to from Waterstones, Usborne, Scholastic, both students and staff to immerse whet their appetites. Book Aid and Woking Library. It was themselves in reading. encouraging to see so many eager readers Book Aid allowed both staff and students attending the fair; stocking up on their During World Book Week we encouraged to donate pre-loved books for charity; Easter reading materials. students to participate in a Kids’ Book these were sold and the over £300 raised quiz, competing within their tutor groups will go to both Book Aid and towards new In May three well known authors will be and then against other students in a final stock for the Library. Book Aid uses the visiting Woking High School to speak to round. Students have also been able to money they raise to provide new books for lower school students about their craft: Ali participate in the Fantastic Charity Book libraries in Africa. Sparkes (twice winner of The Blue Peter Quiz for 50p - money raised was donated Author of the year) ‘The Shape Shifter’ series; Alan Gibbons (Winner of The Blue Peter Author of the year) ‘Shadow of the Minotaur’ and the popular Bali Rai (Winner of the Angus Book Award) ‘(Un) arranged Marriage’. These are sure to be entertaining visits and will hopefully inspire students to explore the authors’ novels and encourage all readers to find something new to try.

B Swancutt, Teacher of English

Year 10 English Seminars

OUR SERIES OF AFTERNOON SEMINARS has continued to be popular with Year 10. The seminars take place in English each Friday afternoon, offering students an opportunity to explore areas outside Much Ado About Nothing the curriculum and to build contextual detail for their English literature texts. Teachers from departments across the YEAR 9 WERE TREATED to the topped entrance that parted to disclose school have given presentations on delights of London’s third oldest an opulent, book-lined, wood-panelled a wide range of topics, with recent playhouse - The Theatre Royal drawing-room. titles including ‘Women in Literature’ Haymarket – to see Christopher (Mr Bunsell) and ‘The strange case of Laughing appropriately and murmuring Luscombe’s production of Shakespeare’s Professor Jekyll and Reverend Hyde: appreciatively, intelligent, enthused ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. Science vs Religion’ (Dr Ashton). comments about the comic pace and As the lights fell an expectant hush facetious cut and thrust between The seminars will run throughout settled on the audience, who literally Benedict and Beatrice as they stalked the the year. Our next instalment finds drank in the lavishness of the opening boards, could be heard. Enchanted and Mr Bacon discussing the fashion, scene. This production is set at the end enchanting, Year 9’s honest enjoyment technology and etiquette of Edwardian of the First World War with the returning of Shakespeare was a great pleasure to England, and in the final seminar of soldiers billeted in a manor-house not behold. the term our Year 11 students will give dissimilar to Warwickshire’s Charlecote a taster of their AS Level course in B Bunsell, Teacher of English and Park. The rich vibrancy of the costumes Communication and Culture. was coupled with replica features: Head of Year 8 red-brick towers and a grand, terrace- B Harvey, Teacher of English

4 Maths - UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE

Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad Rachel Abraham, Max Chitty, Andrew Cayley paper. The Olympiad is a two hour Muir, Chloe Wells, Adnan Abdul Aziz, paper consisting of six questions requiring James Mandy, Stephen Moore, Rithika full written solutions. Ram was in the top Muralidharan. 500 scorers in the country for Year 9. Year 9: Amy Szarvas, Andries Verhaeghe, GOLD CERTIFICATES Dominic Ariyo-Francis, Isobel Danton, were awarded to the following: Kiera Purchase, Zahir Abid, Jaymie Robinson, Jude Silverton and Hadeed Year 10: Faiyaz Moolji (best in year 10), THE UKMT INTERMEDIATE MATHS Khan. Julia Twiston-Davies and Matthew Joll. CHALLENGE is aimed at students in Well done to all the students who took part Year 11 and below. The challenge involves Year 9: Ram Marwaha (best in school and and we wish the seven students, taking the answering twenty five multiple choice best in year 9) and Seth Gale. kangaroo papers, well in the next rounds. questions in one hour and is sat in school under normal exam conditions. SILVER CERTIFICATES The UKMT Junior Maths Challenge, for were awarded to the following: Year 7 and 8 students, takes place on the The top 40% of students nationally receive 27 April. a gold, silver or bronze certificate in the Year 10: Jack Barron, Will Griffiths, ratio 1:2:3. Around 500 of the highest Freddy Wooster, Alex Picken, Abubaker Fancy yourself as a mathematician? Have scorers in each school year are invited to Imran, Hasna Sahul Hameed, Jannah a go at the question below, taken from take part in the Intermediate Mathematical Elgendy, Alex Vickerstaff, Tom Ivory- the 2017 UKMT Intermediate Maths Olympiad and a further 5,500 students Bray, Mia Lansdell, Fergus Russell, Caitlin Challenge: from all three year groups (Year 9, 10 Davidson and Samuel Belcher. and 11) are invited to sit the Pink and The combined age of Alice and Bob is 39. Grey European Kangaroo papers. These Year 9: Ben Koch, Alex McPherson, Asher The combined age of Bob and Clare is 40. are multiple choice questions, taken Goosen, Ella Boyes, Toby Harris, Abiel The combined age of Clare and Dan is 38. by students from over thirty countries Natnael, Frances Machattie and Douwe The combined age of Dan and Eve is 44. worldwide. Boesveld. The total of all five ages is 105.

Congratulations to the following Year BRONZE CERTIFICATES Which of the five is the youngest? 10 students who qualified for the Pink were awarded to the following: A Alice B Bob Kangaroo: Faiyaz Moolji, Julia Twiston- Year 10: Michael Hitchings, Leo Meyler, C Clare D Dan Davies and Matthew Joll, and Year 9 Raman Bansal, Eerik Cockin, Samuel E Eve students who qualified for the Grey Webb, Rosie Fiveash, Yuta Osawa, Lucy Kangaroo: Seth Gale, Ben Koch and Taylor, Amelia Joos, Nathan Holmes, Answer on the back page of this newsletter Alex McPherson. A special mention goes Joe Allum, Vikum Hettiarachichi, P Heller, Director of Maths to Ram Marwaha, Year 9, who qualified Chris Woods, Adam Gray, Jake Martin, Year 10 Maths Feast

ON 16 MARCH two teams of Year 10 round with an Amuse Bouche between our Year 10 students proudly represented students (7 students in all) were entered each round. The rounds were a mixture of the school and thoroughly enjoyed working from Woking High School to take part in true / false questions, problem solving and on all the different types of activities. the Year 10 Maths Feast competition run by Countdown puzzles. The students really the Further Maths Support Network. The enjoyed the challenge, puzzling over the K Brandon, Teacher of Maths students involved were Georgina Atkins, answers and making friends from other Cory Broadbent, Jannah Elgendy, William schools in the area. There were certificates Griffiths, Stephen Moore, Hasna Sahul for the winners of each round with our Hameed and Lucy Taylor. The competition Team 1 winning the Countdown Challenge took place at School and with full marks, but there were no overall consisted of six rounds over a period of winners as the organisers wanted a less two and a half hours. The six rounds were competitive feel for the afternoon. The aim set out like a feast as there was a starter, was for the students to have fun and enjoy main course, dessert and a petit fours different mathematical experiences. All of

5 Science - SCIENCE CLUB GCSE

SCIENCE CLUB HAS CONTINUED TO school and in the local community. We WELCOME enthusiastic young Science have set up a Twitter feed to showcase what Geography students each week. Over the past few is happening currently in Science, both months they have made parachutes and within school and in the news. We’d love investigated the aerodynamics of paper to have more followers – we can be found - DATA aeroplanes and also enjoyed learning how at @WokingHighSci or http://twitter.com/ to make and write messages in invisible wokinghighsci/. COLLECTION ink. They experienced the excitement of static electricity - using the Van der Finally, we would like to congratulate all the students who have been making good Graaf generator - and investigated the ON TUESDAY 14 MARCH the Year use of the help and support on offer in the best way to generate electricity from fruit 10 GCSE Geographers successfully Science department this term. We have and vegetables. Just before half term, completed their urban fieldwork had record numbers attending the Science they competed the design and then made in Stratford in London. They were clinics on Wednesdays and Thursdays after models of eco-houses that would use the able to experience first hand the school. Since September, our students have world’s resources more efficiently – we differences in environmental quality answered an impressive 138,377 questions were impressed with their creativity! between the regenerated Westfield using our online Educake platform. Stratford City and the older parts of At Science Council, the priority this year Stratford and some students were is to raise the profile of Science both in H Gallagher, Head of Science able to spend time in the Olympic Park.

The students are now using lesson time to follow up on the evidence they gathered in preparation for the Unit 3 Geographical Applications exam and as an example of an urban regeneration project for their Unit 2 Challenges in the Human Environment exam. The students have been encouraged to complete further research into the project at @WokingHighSci home to extend their learning. L Dixon, Head of Geography http://twitter.com/wokinghighsci/ French Exchange

IN MARCH we welcomed 18 students a hugely enriching experience for both different meals with them. However, and two teachers on an exchange hosts and visitors providing opportunities most of the food was in fact from other programme from our partner school, to practice languages, develop an countries! On Wednesday, they came Jacques Decour Collège in Paris. understanding of each other’s culture and to school with us, and then we went The French students and staff spent a often lead to lifelong friendships. bowling. Throughout their visit, we morning in school and then enjoyed discussed how Woking is different from an entertaining afternoon in Woking’s “Last week, my French exchange partner Paris, which was quite interesting. I am Big Apple. During the rest of the week came to stay with me and my family. We excited for when we go to Paris to see our guests visited Windsor and London hope we gave them a great experience of what it is like there!” and over the weekend the home-stay British culture, language, and cuisine. We families planned all sorts of typically took them into Woking and to P Bolis, Head of MFL and Amy British entertainments. Exchanges are show them around, and ate a variety of Szarvas, Year 9 Student

6 7 History - HOLOCAUST BEACON SCHOOL QUALITY MARK AWARD

ON THURSDAY 2 MARCH, Nicola value highly and as one student commented process, for the wide-ranging curriculum, Wetherall MBE and Jon Gibson from to the assessors during the student panel opportunities and experiences that Woking UCL Centre for Holocaust Education interviews: High School offers. Holocaust education visited the school to conduct an assessment is just one facet – an important one – of ‘The Holocaust is such a big part of of our Beacon School work and to Woking High Schools holistic educational modern history that it should be talked ascertain whether we met Quality Mark offer – to ‘increase the life chances’ of its about and taught and taken seriously... accreditation. Prior to the visit, Mr Jones young people’. this will influence who we are and what and Mrs Abbott conducted a detailed we do...it makes you think about your It is extremely pleasing to report that we audit and evaluation of the work that has values and the things that are important are only the fourth school nationally to been carried out across the school since to you... I am making connections about receive the coveted Quality Mark and it is we became a Beacon School. The centre what is going on in the news today to the thanks to the diligence of both teachers and scrutinised our latest Ofsted report, the Holocaust so we need to know about it students that we have been given the award. school and department development plans, understand what’s happening now or what The report will be published shortly and the departments Holocaust scheme of could happen in the future…’ concludes: learning, assessment data and examples of students work. During the visit, learning The report is highly complementary of the ‘Wow! The student voice panel alone walks and lesson observations were school, particularly the collegiate spirit that testified to your excellent and evolving completed, interviews with teachers and exists amongst teachers. specialism in Holocaust Education. The students took place as well as further provision for and quality teaching and ‘The passionate belief in and pursuit scrutiny of student work. Both assessors learning about the Holocaust at Woking of outstanding quality teaching and were extremely impressed with the High School is hugely impressive. learning – both academic and in terms of department and the schools’ focus upon This Quality Mark is a richly deserved personal development – lies at the heart pedagogy and its commitment to innovative recognition of your commitment to of everything at Woking High School. A teaching and learning, which was viewed innovation within Holocaust teaching and sense of mission and clear commitment to as an ‘area of outstanding practice, learning being supported by SLT. All this ensuring its learners experience and engage expertise and passion and [as] a driver for being driven by a passionate and gifted in an educational provision that inspires, generic quality teaching and learning’. middle leader, ensuring the pedagogy is is relevant and will raise aspiration and shared to support school improvement and We feel that being a Beacon School has broaden horizons was a common feature in a spirit of openness to support other allowed us to explore many different of review discussions with staff. Likewise, schools.’ approaches to teaching and learning across there was sense of pride in their school and the curriculum. It is something that we recognition by students, during the review M Jones, Head of History Weald and Downland Museum Visit

ON TUESDAY 14 MARCH 106 Year about investigating just how diverse life with a group of friendly chickens! 7 students turned back time and visited in the medieval times was. The hardship Students were also given the opportunity Medieval England. We journeyed of peasant life was made very clear by the to visit the small museum shop to take to the Weald and Downland Living size of several rather small houses and the home a souvenir of their great day. Museum in Sussex and quickly set labour intensive jobs of many peasants. Our students behaved wonderfully and as Students spent the we were leaving the museum staff were day learning how extremely positive about the inquisitive linen is harvested and polite behaviour demonstrated by from flax and then Woking High School students, so much dyed, discovering so that the walky-talky system used was how a working abuzz with positive comments from the water mill turns staff in the different buildings after our wheat into flour and students had visited. even had several M Craib, Teacher of History close encounters

6 7 Design & Media - FILM FESTIVAL 2017

Technology THE ACCOUNTANTS DID NOT GET Best Male Actor: Harry Cooper in IT WRONG. The correct envelopes were “Jamie” handed over and there was much jubilation DESIGN VENTURA Best Female Actor: “Phoebe Cartmale in when the winners were announced! “The Psychologist” Yes, another successful Spring Film Best Supporting Actor:…Barney the Dog Festival has come and gone, and the awards in “It snowed much WOW”! (Yes…this is ceremony went off without a hitch. a first…) This was our 11th film festival. From Best Special Effects: Julian Goddard- humble beginnings with six films and nine Cardona in “MH-370” students we had 40 films and 150 students Best Sound Track: Abby Lambert for participating in one form or another. “Gemini Genocide” The total audience of 300 students really encouraged their peers by attending the Best Keystage 3 Film of the Festival: daily screenings and adding their votes. “MH-370” by Julian Goddard- Cardona, Nathan Sleight and Maxwell Kerslake And here are the winners: Best Keystage 4 Film of the Festival: Best Director: Phoebe Cartmale for “The “Chronicles of a Composition” by Max Psychologist” Pemberton Best Editor: Lucy Brown “Queens of I would like to thank our Festival Paradise” committee, Anna Emslie, Jodie Moffatt, Best Camera Shots: Emilia Robson in Joshua Warner and Mia Leggett for their “Keys” tremendous work. These students organised and ran the daily screenings, arranged for Best Thriller: “The Burglar” by Ellie OUR YEAR 9 STUDENT TEAM votes to be tallied, listed the nominations Puttock, Abi Shameen and Sarah Haynes of Sam Rourke, Oliver Butt, Jaymie and finalised the winners in each category. Robinson, Ethan Spoors, Myles Best Comedy: “It Snowed Much Wow” by The committee would also like to thank Gibson and Joshua Chan accompanied Sam Griffiths Robert Prince of The Reel Challenge for by Miss Kundi attended the final being our guest of honour and handing out Best Trailer: “In the Woods” by Dora presentation event at The Design the awards to the winners. Ventura Museum during half term. Savory, Mana Komatsu, Lois Miller and Although our team did not win the first Madiha Hussain And, in the words of Ms Mitchell: “Sadly, prize they did receive a commendation Best Sound Effects: “Wildcard and the red carpet will once again be rolled for ‘Championing Change’ for Friends” by Joseph Doyle away, the silver screens shut down and the their design of a t-shirt which will velvet curtains drawn until next year”… encourage young people to embrace Best Documentary: “Chronicles of a their differences. Speaking to the boys, Composition” by Max Pemberton J Tuson, Teacher of Media entering the competition had certainly been an inspirational experience and had encouraged them to develop their love of technology, public speaking, team work and financial skills.

R Bourne, Teacher of Design and Technolgy

8 9 Day 11

WE HAVE HAD TWO DAY 11 this term, Monday 9 January and Tuesday 14 March.

Highlights of 9 January:

The first Day 11 of 2017 was a very busy one with a record of over 100 visitors in school. Year 8s spent time completing workshops led by some of the country’s leading practitioners in the fields of Advertising (Benji Taylor and Cathyrn Elmes), Game Design (Adam Sullivan) and Photography (Michael Leckie). They taught the students some of the techniques used in making desirable products and even how to innovate new ones. The students also had the opportunity to enter into a competition to have their work crafted professionally and framed to be presented to them with a copy to be displayed in the department.

Year 9s took part in a fantastic careers event which supported their options selection process. They spent time learning about university life and choice and chances after A levels. There was to have a taster of post 16 courses and also Highlights of 14 March: also an opportunity to interview a range to use the time to speak to another person A number of visits took place with 320 of professionals about their career paths in their target language in order to help students off site for the day. 120 Year 7s and experiences. Visitors included support preparation for their upcoming visited the Weald and Downland museum representatives from the armed forces, GCSE speaking Controlled Assessment. near Chichester on a History visit, 45 advertising, finance, manufacturing, DT students also made use of a focussed Year 8s went to Canterbury with Mr medicine and retail. day of practical work in order to help Sharples, 88 GCSE Geography students support the making element of their Year 11 Language students were lucky to completed a coursework component in Controlled Assessment task. work with A level students Stratford and 67 students across year groups visited Microsoft for a Computing visit. The day also gave an opportunity for 74 Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh students to complete sessions on cooking with a trangia, putting up a tent and navigation planning. 110 Year 11 students completed their final Science ISAs, whilst another group of Year 11 students had prepared a 15 minute lesson to teach Year 4 students from Beaufort Primary School. They made sweetie DNA, rainbow fizz and electrical circuits and both Year 4s and Year 11s gained in terms of Science and teaching and learning. Year 8’s in DT tackled the 2017 Golf Ball challenge with the design brief of building the tallest structure to support a golf ball, using limited resources. The Student Senior Leadership Team, working with Gordon’s School, completed their ILM Level 2 qualification with the help of Year 8 students from .

M Abbs-Rowe, Associate Leadership Team

8 9 Abba Mania

IN JANUARY TWENTY-SIX MEMBERS the choir received a standing ovation. After of the School Choir performed live the interval the choir members joined on stage at the , a thier parents in the stalls to enjoy the Woking. The special occasion was a one remainder of the concert, and it didn’t off production of Abba Mania, which is disappoint with some enthusiastic singing currently on a nationwide tour. Billed as and dancing! Rachel Garbett in Year 9 said one of the finest Abba tribute acts, our “Singing with Abba Mania in front of a choir was lucky enough to be specially big crowd was an amazing experience and invited to sing. Given just a 10 minute I absolutely loved it. I’m really glad that rehearsal with the musicians on stage, the I got to take part and watch the second choir waited with much anticipation in their half of the show too. I now feel a lot more dressing rooms, before lining up on stage confident about performing on stage”. in front of a packed theatre. Singing two numbers ‘Fernando’ and ‘I have a dream’, S Goodwin, Director of Music Performance PopRox

AT WOKING HIGH SCHOOL we are such opportunities for young people where provides workshops for young people always keen to promote extra curricular they can explore their individual interests to develop their skills in popular learning opportunities for students. In further. music performance using guitar, bass, addition to the wide variety of extra- drums and vocals. The workshops curricular activities available in school One such organisation is the PopRox are particularly notable because their there are a number of organisations in Academy. This is run by local musician teaching focuses on using popular songs the local community that exist to provide (and WHS parent), Neal Leggett. PopRox and the young people are put in to groups so that they gain experience in performing as part of a band.

A number of our students have attended PopRox workshops over the years and their musical skills have improved a great deal as a result of this. In order to let other students see and hear the results of their hard work, Neal Leggett was invited into morning assemblies for one week this term to talk to each year group about the work that he does and to demonstrate this with performances from Woking High School students. The music that was performed was of a very high standard and we look forward to hearing much more from these students, both in school concerts and in future “gigs” and performances as their musical careers develop!

Congratulations and thank you to Andries Verhaeghe, Thomas Bates, Connor Leggett, Sam Fox, Ben Clay, Ethan Greenwood, Maddie McClements, Alana Lynch and Edward Steel for their music. For more information about PopRox visit the website: www.poprox.co.uk

N Turner, Head of Music

10 11 Music Competition

WE HELD THE NINTH ANNUAL A massive thank you to the judges and Ensemble, Solo Instrumental and Vocal to piano accompanist Fiona Godden who Competition this term. The aim of the had to learn 13 different pieces of music. event was to raise funds for Cystic Thank you also to our sponsor Lloyd Moss Fibrosis as well as promote musical of Seymours independent Estate Agents, excellence by providing performance and Ron Campbell for taking the official opportunities for our most able music photographs. students. The Mayor of Woking, Councillor Anne Murray, governors, Congratulations to all the students who family and friends gathered to hear 23 entered the competition. Winner Small students from all year groups perform a Ensemble Category – Mana Komatsu & specially prepared solo. Three musical Dora Savory (Year 8) Winner Percussion experts formed the judging panel, and Category – Jack Edwards (Year 8) Winner between them, they had the unenviable Brass Category – Chris Pearce (Year 11) task of selecting a winner from each Winner Woodwind Category – Hollie of the seven instrumental and vocal Tibbotts (Year 10) Winner Vocal Category categories, and then choosing an overall - Ella Shankla (Year 10) Winner Pianoforte winner. Judge Michael Couper said Category - Markus Steinbach (Year 11) “thank you for the invitation to attend. Winner String Category – Nona Lawrence I thoroughly enjoyed it, because of the (Year 7) Most Promising Performance – huge amount of talent and expertise Kai Westaway (Year 7) that all the students showed in their Winner of the `Lorna Paterson Award for performances. Without exception, Special Achievement in Music’ - Hollie they all helped to provide a wonderful Tibbotts (Year 10) Presented by Matthew evening with different styles of music. Hill (2016 winner). You are very blessed to have such a selection of excellent musicians”. S Goodwin, Director of Music We were delighted to welcome back Performance Matthew Hill, currently in 6th Form at Gordon’s school, to perform a fantastic trumpet solo as the finale item.

10 11 The Production - THE WIZARD OF OZ

THIS YEAR the Drama and Music Departments presented the original stage version of The Wizard of Oz - which premiered at the Municipal Theatre of St. Louis (MUNY) in 1942. Using L. Frank Baum’s book as its source, this version employs story and songs as elements of a classic stage musical. We were delighted to welcome Ed Simpson of ‘Peer Productions’ as Director, and with a large cast of 80 students; an orchestra and the technical support of our sound and lighting crew (TAG) it was all set up to be a fantastic show!

This year’s school production was very different in use of performance space, being performed ‘in the round’. With the choice of a Matinée and two evening shows, the full-house audiences enjoyed timeless songs including “Over The Rainbow,” sung by Dorothy, an enthusiastic ensemble of Year 7 students performing “Munchkinland (Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead),” and our main characters singing “If I Only Had A Brain/A Heart/The Nerve,” “We’re Off To See The Wizard (Follow The Yellow Brick Road),” “The Jitterbug,” and “The Merry Old Land of Oz.”

The production followed the story of a teenage girl, Dorothy (Ella Shankla), who lives on a farm in Kansas with her Uncle Henry (Jake Martin/Luc Frean) and Aunt Em (Jodie Moffatt) dreaming of faraway places. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy inside, is swept off by a tornado to the Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. The Sorceress of the North (Elizabeth Graham) appears and tells Dorothy that she must travel to the Emerald City to meet the great Wizard of Oz (Jodie Moffatt) if she is ever to make it home to Kansas again. On the journey down the yellow brick road, Dorothy meets the Scarecrow (Ellen Stone), the Tin Woodman (Josua Jansen), the Cowardly Lion (Maya Keynes), and of course the Wicked Witch of the West (Lauren Finney). It’s a magical story, and we all know how it ends!

The performances were outstanding. The lead students provided a wonderful example of performance skills to all of the cast; the supporting roles were polished and engaging which helped to take this production to an exceptional level of performance. The orchestra performed the challenging musical score beautifully and the balance of sound was perfect with the support of the TAG team.

S Goodwin, Director of Music Performance

12 13 THE CAST

Dorothy Ella Shankla Scarecrow Ellen Stone Tin Woodman Josua Jansen Cowardly Lion Maya Keynes Wicked Witch of the West Lauren Finney Aunt Em and The Wizard of Oz Jodie Moffatt Uncle Henry and Lord Growlie Jake Martin Uncle Henry Luc Frean Joe (a Farmhand) Stephanie Maties Sorceress of the North Elizabeth Graham Gloria Growlie Phoebe Stirk Farmer & Munchkin Jack Moseley Mayor of Munchkinland Ethan Rouse Witch Dora Savory Witch Lilia Wada Witch Mana Komatsu Munchkin Coroner Lucy Durbin Munchkin Barrister Matilda Mason Private Alex Rowe First General Bethany Williamson Dave Molly Anscombe The Lady of Oz Chloe Attewell Servant and Munchkin Hiba Shahin The Scary Wizard of Oz Mr Goodwin

SUPPORTING CAST

Simon Finney; William Pearce; Matthew Rayner; Oliver Strong; Edward Thomas; Sam Wavish; Emily Armfield; Mia Carkett; Francesca Cockell; Tia Crook; Erin Sparling; Amelia Cheetham; Amelia Stafford; Freya Wight; Calvin Benard; Joe Connolly; Harvey Cox; Oscar Khan; Michael Seabrook; Isabelle Jakubait; Emma Joll; Sophie Walker; Tamara Sinclair; Genifa Brownsea; Freya Cannell; Rachel Garbett; Amy Morton and Hannah Sheldon

ORCHESTRA

Musical Director Mr Goodwin Flute Shannon Matthews Oboe Hollie Tibbotts Clarinet 1 Sophie Kozlowska Clarinet 2 Madeleine McClements Clarinet 2 Isabel Metcalfe Horn Lisa Ridgeway (private) 1st Trumpet Adam Best (Woking College) 2nd Trumpet Jude Rainsborough Trombone Andrew Lumb (Farnborough College) Piano Fiona Godden (Surrey Arts) 1st Violin Joanna Lawrence (Private) 2nd Violin Nona Lawrence Cello Matthew Constantine (Private) Bass Guitar Mr Turner Tuba Christopher Pearce Percussion Samuel Fox

12 13 House News

WHAT AN EXCITING TERM so far for the House Teams! We have had three fantastic ‘Woking High School Bake-Offs’ on three separate afternoons in February/March. The standard was extremely high and a real show case for all our talented young bakers. The winners were as follows; Year 7 – Stephenson, Year 8 - Stephenson and Year 9 - Curie. All students who took part did a fantastic job and gained lots of housepoints for their wonderful bakes. A big thank you to Ms Hussain and Mrs Kelly for their help in running three superb events.

This takes us to current house scores…

Stephenson have been extremely busy collecting house points and with a whopping 1200 housepoints gained through the Bake-Offs, they have managed to remain top up the leader board. However, it is extremely close with Curie JUST trailing behind by 200 house points!

Stephenson 7316

Curie 7101

Faraday 6432

Brunel 6165

With the scores being very tight it could ‘all be for the taking’ in the next house event which is the Woking High School Charity Fun Run which will take place early next term. This competition promises to be a fantastic event and a wonderful way to raise money for charity. Last year the students who took part raised over £1400 for Woking Hospice. Other events we look forward to are interhouse dodgeball and tug of war competitions in the summer term and of course the biggest day in the House Calendar -Sports Day. Exciting times ahead for the House Teams, good luck to all who take part - may the best house win!

C Gregory, Head of House System

14 15 School Colours and Half Colours

IN SEPTEMBER 2015 Woking High Emil Kautovaara Julia Twiston-Davies School launched a new rewards system Jaymie Robinson Jannah Elgendy School Colours and Half Colours. Students Jude Silverton Anna Rhodes in Years 7-11 are nominated by their class Sophie Holcroft Jack Barron teachers using a strict set of criteria based Jade Jouet Anna Hills on their academic performance, attitude to Ethan Maher Emmie Savory learning and going above and beyond in their particular subject area. All students Ella Boyes Summer-Louise Harmsworth are presented with their badges and Thomas Mills Christopher Woods certificates during assemblies. Lewis Wight Joshua Warner Mia Chereau Ethan Greenwood Congratulations to the following students Jude Rainsborough for achieving Half Colours following the Samuel Orpin YEAR 11 latest nominations. (Please note Year 7 Full Colours: can only be nominated at the end of the YEAR 10 Sophie Chereau academic year) Half Colours: Amy Rashbrook Paul Nath Isabelle Claxton YEAR 8 Half Colours: Ryan Drinkwater Lauren Finney Michael Seabrook Anna Emslie YEAR 11 Abigail Shameen Samuel Tuckley Byrne Half Colours: Joseph Jakubait Stanley Homewood-Muris Peter Arnold George Butler Kirsten Scott Alex Braybrooke Lucy Lovelace Christopher Baker Lola-Angelina Rees Joshua Kersley Jessica Hill Congratulations to the following students Naomi Jaenicke YEAR 9 for achieving Full Colours following the Ruby Brown Half Colours: latest nominations. Aliyah Khan Amy Szarvas Jodie Moffatt Madeleine McClements YEAR 10 Max Pemberton Alana Lynch Full Colours: Yasmin Tapper Isabel Metcalfe Fern Dalziel S Paterson, Teacher of PE

Year 7 Character Award

IN SEPTEMBER we launched a new able to nominate a student that they feel has Lucy Durbin last half term. This half term Character Award Prize for our Year 7 really demonstrated each characteristic. the focus has been on courtesy, students. Each half term we focus on one of our six aspects of character: Respect; In the first half term of the academic year Each of the winners receive a cup to take Resilience; Responsibility; Integrity; we focused on ‘Resilience’ and were home for half a term and also receive a Courtesy and Enthusiasm. Students are pleased to present the award to Will Lane. character award badge for their blazer. given examples of each of the traits in In the second half term our focus was A Strong, Teacher of PE assembly and posters are displayed in ‘Integrity’ and the award went to Bailey Year 7 tutor bases. Staff and students are James. The award for ‘Respect’ was given to

Respect Resilience Responsibility Integrity Courtesy Enthusiasm

14 15 Chess Club

THE SPRING TERM has seen the players in the British Isles who regularly transferable skills such as focus, arrival of chess at Woking High School. represents Ireland in competitions around discipline, concentration, spatial Students are now able to join chess club the world. Gavin has worked on improving awareness and strategic thinking. It also at lunchtimes which has proved to be the basic understanding and technique of encourages self-assessment, healthy very popular. Students also have the all participating students with a view to competition and teamwork. If any opportunity to study chess in greater entering them into local, regional and even parents or students would like to know depth after school through attending national competitions in the future. more about chess at Woking High School specialist tuition. The sessions are please contact Mr Sharples. delivered by International Master, Chess has many educational benefits, Gavin Wall, one of the strongest chess giving students intellectual capital and S Sharples, Deputy Headteacher

VI visit to the theatre

FIVE STUDENTS FROM THE VI the broomstick used by Elphaba during the it helped me to understand the brilliant DEPARTMENT went to London’s Apollo well-known Gravity song was a highlight, performance afterwards.” Hannagh Mohan Theatre for a full day’s experience of the however the millions of sequins sewn on to (Yr8) show “Wicked”. Glinda’s dress was even more popular. “The whole thing was really good. The The day started with a drama workshop Just before a well-earned picnic lunch at workshop was really helpful so that the where our students worked with other the back of the auditorium, we were able show made more sense. The music and schools to re-create scenes and scenery to meet some of the actors in costume. performance were excellent. I loved the used in the performance. This helped All the actors were very approachable, trip” Madiha Hussain (Yr8) them to familiarise themselves with the encouraging all young people to ask story and the main characters. One of our questions, touch their costumes and even “The drama workshop was my favourite, students acted the role of confident Glinda their masks or tails! It really helped to the best thing was doing some dancing. dancing at the Shiz Ball, whilst the co-star bring all aspects of the show to life. Touching the costumes was fun” Rahel Elphaba The Wicked Witch was taken by Fletcher (Yr7) another of our VI students. They explored The performance began amid much “The show was awesome and the ice- the key themes of friendship, loyalty and anticipation, and it did not disappoint. Our cream was perfect and delicious. I enjoyed social inclusion during the session. students enjoyed all aspects of the show as can be seen from their comments below: meeting the characters. The dresses were Having acted and danced, the group moved the best though!” Zahara Hussain (Yr9) to the stage where they had the opportunity “The visit was an enchanting experience S Lock, Teacher of VI Students to explore, feel and touch several costumes because the costumes were out of this and items from the performance. Touching world. The workshop was really good and

16 17 Mock Magistrates

I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT that the Woking High Mock Trial team won the Surrey Heat of this Citizenship Foundation competition, held at Guildford Crown Court on Saturday 18 March.

Since December, thirteen students from Year 8 and 9 have been working on building the case around an alleged incident of domestic burglary, carried out by defendant ‘Bek Lejohn’. The roles in the team range from lawyers and witnesses, to magistrates and court staff. Anna Rhodes, Year 10, enjoyed her Mock Trial experience last year so much that she has been supporting the team’s preparation. We have also benefitted from the support and guidance of Nick Collett, our liaison magistrate, who attended three of our rehearsals.

The competition day itself was an incredible experience. Our prosecution team went up against Eggars’ defence team experienced the inside of the tiny cells recognise and appreciate that a wide range in Round 1 and after lunch we defended on board a prison van, hopefully for the of people support this competition, not ‘Bek Lejohn’ (aka Jude Silverton, who first and last time! Finally, a question least with their time. There will now be had to sit in a high security glass dock!) and answer session gave the students an opportunity for us to compete in the against Guildford County’s prosecution access to a senior legal panel (two police regional heat of the Magistrates’ Mock team. The size of the court rooms and the officers, two judges, a solicitor and the Trial Competition and I am in no doubt task at hand was daunting enough, however Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner), that the following students will be an added to that were four magistrates who so providing guidance and inspiration for enormous credit to the school: Jazzlyn were scoring each person on how well they future career paths. Saunders, Oscar Khan, Ethan Maher, performed, according to their specific role Jessica Robertson, Alishba Hussain, and there were at least twenty spectators. This year’s team could not have worked Maddie McClements, Jude Silverton, In between rounds, the team was given a harder, coming to lunchtime rehearsals Toby Webb, Chloe Westphal, Dora Savory, tour of the cells below the court rooms and 2 - 3 times each week and working on Amelie Brogden, Jessica Hallam and Safah an eye-opening insight into the routines their individual roles at home. The Mahmood. and procedures used for defendants being team won the High Sherriff of Surrey’s held there. We met one of the Surrey Shield and £225 prize money, donated by V Thomas, Teacher of History Police dog handlers and his two dogs and Castle Associates of Guildford and we

Debating Society - VISIT BY JONATHAN LORD

ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SPRING at the invitation of our Debating Society. Mr Lord also spoke a little about how TERM we had the pleasure of a visit He faced a grilling from our students on he began his career in politics and from local MP Jonathan Lord, who a range of topics from the proposed third offered advice to those students who are came to speak and answer questions runway at Heathrow to his voting record considering this direction in the future. on student tuition fees and his position on We are hugely grateful to him for his Brexit. time and for the frank and engaging manner in which he related to our young The students conducted themselves people. admirably, with a stream of questions that were both challenging and mature. E Williams, Coordinator of Citizenship

16 17 Duke of 2017 Ski Visit TO THE ALPS Edinburgh’s I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO met during the normal day-to-day life at PARTICIPATE in Woking High School’s Woking High School. Award ski trip during the February half term to Prato Nevoso Ski Resort in Italy. Coming from Australia I’ve never seen snow, this was a big first for me Each day was jam packed with activities and being able to touch and admire WE SEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS that would start early morning and run this incredible weather phenomenon to the following Year 11 students who to late evening making the most of that makes the world look so pure and received their Bronze Award at The Duke every minute and ensuring not a second innocent will stay with me for life. of Edinburgh’s Award presentation evening of boredom. The food was amazing, Seeing it in fog, sun or darkness was at the HG Wells Suite in Woking, on the 28 especially the pasta, the urge to ask for irrelevant, snow always looked incredible March 2017: seconds and thirds was hard to quash. and to see it for the first time in the Skiing was enthralling, a total adrenalin backdrop of the Italian Alps just made it Paarth Agarwal Zoe Legge rush, even for novices like myself. The that more special. Melissa Anders Sophie Marich feeling of the wind blowing through my Clarice Baughan Cameron McAdam ears as I shreded the snow beneath me The ski trip cannot be described as Jack Bell Inaara Oliver whilst staring at the breath taking views simply “incredible” it’s difficult to find a superlative that matches the experience Daniell Bow Jasmine Paterson of the gorgeous mountains is something but needless to say it’s an experience Daisy Bowman Chris Pearce I will never forget. The instructors are very understanding, humorous that will be forever remembered as one Ruby Brown Bhavana Pulipaka and helpful no matter your skill level. of the best weeks of our lives. A big Charlie Carver Amy Rashbrook Falling over was unavoidable (at least for thank you to our teachers who worked Sophie Chereau Haleemah Rashid me) but with friendly instructors on-hand tirelessly to make each and every detail Isabelle Claxton Emily Robinson to lend support and offer encouragement of the trip perfect and they certainly achieved their goal. A big thank you Matthew Danton Ben Rolfe no challenge was overly daunting or to the resort staff that made a bunch of Sam Davies David Sarney insurmountable. students feel so welcome. A big thank Cameron Depeare Rhys Savage The night activities were a big highlight, you to the chefs, the food was seriously Adam Flynn Kirsten Scott from the laughter filled dough-nutting delicious. The skiing was exuberant. Phoebe Flynn Charles Shameen to the interestingly inviting disco, these The night activities were full of fun and Lucy Fortescue Rhiannon Sinden activities acted as the cherry-on-top for pure delight and the snow was simply alluring and breath-taking, especially for Nicola Gilbert Toby Smith the perfect days at the resort. We shared the spotlight and enjoyed ourselves with a boy from down under. And finally, a Abbey Ginever Markus Steinbach confidence and pride, it gave me and big thank you to my fellow students for Raul Goddard-Cardona Jess Talbot the entire group the opportunity to meet sharing such an awesome week with me. Amba Hill Yasmin Tapper fantastic fellow students and make new Yasmin Hollis Jake Webb friends that we ordinarily may not have Cory Broadbent, Year 10 Student Aneeqa Hussain Georgina Wicks Henry Jarrett Sam Windsor Amelia Jordan Daniel Woodcock Dhwani Kothari

Currently we have 143 Year 9 and Year 10 students enrolled on their Bronze Award and they have almost completed their expedition training, including a navigation morning and a camp craft Day 11 when they learnt how to navigate using a map and compass; put up tents and cook their lunch on a camping Trangia.

Thank you to all the staff at school who support the Award.

E King, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Coordinator

18 19 Sports Review

THIS TERM has seen our school teams For the second year in a row we were three and finished second and third in the and individuals compete in a wide range victorious in the Arete Swimming gala. other two. The Year 7 and 8 teams won all of sports and they have continued to The final score was Woking High School three tournaments they played and the Year experience considerable success. 220 v Gordon’s 168. Woking High School 9 team narrowly defeated BDB 40 – 37 in won a staggering 29 out of 38 races. Arete their final. SWIMMING: medals were awarded to the following Junior Boys Win Surrey Title for Fourth students for winning both their individual At County level, the Year 9 team reached Consecutive Year events: Lauren Baker, Mackenzie Russell, the final and put in an outstanding performance narrowly losing to St At the Surrey Schools Individuals Gala in Danel Jansen, Alexej Baldwin, Ellie Andrews by a score line of 35 – 31. Asher January our swimmers were in sensational Akohene, Lucy Morgan, Max Chitty and Goosen and Gideon Jansen led the team in form with many shattering their personal Oliver Zalaf. scoring but it was an excellent disciplined bests. The Junior Boys team won the Surrey At the North West Surrey gala, we came performance against a team who had an title for a staggering fourth year in a row extremely close to defending our title England player amongst their ranks. with some amazing swims that saw them finishing in second place behind SJB. With secure one gold, two silvers, one bronze ten schools competing we had incredible The Year 11 team also made the County and a fourth place out their five swims. success winning 16 golds, 5 silvers and Final this was following an outstanding The Intermediate Boys team finished third 9 bronzes out of the 46 races. Individual win in the semi-finals away against Harris overall which helped the boys team finish golds were won by: Mackenzie Russell Academy Crystal Palace by a score line runners up in Surrey narrowly behind x2, Danel Jansen x2, Alexej Baldwin, of 46 – 44. In the final, we were against George Abbot. The girls also produced Josh Thompson x2, Isabelle Jakubait, reigning champions Teddington who some fine performances with three out of Max Chitty x2, Oliver Zalaf and Matthew are made up largely of National League the four girls achieving personal bests. Danton x2. The top three school scores players. Teddington proved too strong with Please see selected results below: were as follows : the score line of 69 – 51. However, the boys played exceptionally well and there Team Results: 1st Place SJB 199 Overall Surrey Boys Individual Team were double digit scoring efforts by Peter 2nd Place WHS 183 Swimming Runners Up Arnold, Tom Davis, Jake Webb and George 3rd Place Gordon’s 105 Flaherty. Year 7/8 Boys Individual Team Swimming Champions Girls: BASKETBALL Year 9/10 Boys Individual Team Swimming Our girls basketball team have had their Third Place District and County Successes fair share of success with the Year 8s Boys: winning the District and the Year 7, 9 Individual Results (Top 6 only): Our boys’ basketball teams have had and 10 teams all finishing second in the Joshua Thompson Junior Boys another tremendous season and have been District. The stand out players for the Year 100m Breaststroke Gold very successful at District and County 8s have been Ella James, Rosie Neale and Michael Young Junior Boys level. Out of the five District titles, we won Lucy Kavanagh. At the recent County 200m Individual Medley Silver Mackenzie Russell Junior Boys 100m Freestyle Silver Max Chitty Inter Boys 100m Butterfly Silver Oliver Zalaf Inter Boys 200m Individual Medley Silver Alexej Baldwin Junior Boys 100m Butterfly Bronze Matthew Danton Senior Boys 100m Butterfly Bronze Danel Jansen Junior Girls 100m Freestyle Fourth Lucas Salman Junior Boys 100m Butterfly Fourth Rory Smith Inter Boys 100m Backstroke Fifth Ellie Akohene Inter Girls 100m Backstroke Sixth

18 19 Finals all four of our girls teams finished in the top three in the county, with our Year 9s led by Lauren Griffin and Eve Purvis finishing as runners up.

Please see below: Year 7 3rd Year 8 3rd Year 9 2nd Year 10 3rd =

FOOTBALL: District Win for Year 7 Boys Boys Year 7: Team 1 Winners, Team 2 Runners Up attack Ella James whose shooting has been In the Year 7 – 10 District Football Leagues Year 8: Team 1 Runners Up, Team 2 Third fantastic all season. all our teams are unbeaten. They have Year 9: Team 1 Winners, Team 2 Third played a combined total of 22 games and BADMINTON: have won an amazing 19 and drawn 3. Girls: Three Team Bronzes in Surrey Finals The Year 7 Boys in the league have won Our teams got off to a slow start at the At the Surrey Schools Badminton Finals all 8 games scoring 51 goals and only first District 6-a-side tournament back in early February, the Under 14 Boys, conceding 5. in October but really picked it up by the Under 14 Girls and Under 16 Boys all second and final tournament. At the second finished in third place. This was after each At the District 6-a-side competitions four tournament our Year 8/9 and 10/11 teams of these teams had qualified following the out our five sides made it at least as far won and the Year 7s finished second. This District Tournaments where both Under 14 as the semi-finals. The most successful meant that the overall final positions were: Boys and Girls had been crowned District were the Year 7s who were outstanding Year 7 2nd Champions and the Under 16 Boys had in becoming District Champions playing finished runners up. Please see below the some very attractive football in the Year 8/9 2nd = Under 14 Boys and Girls results from the process. Please see Year 7 tournament Year 10/11 3rd District Tournament : results below: In the Arete football, our Girls Under 16 Boys Won 2 - 0 v SJB team won 2- 0 against Gordon’s with both Team : Drew 0 - 0 v Gordons goals coming from Player of the Match Toby Harris, Wesley Ingham, Won 2 - 0 v BDB Jasmine Paterson. All of the girl’s teams are now currently involved in the District Owain Swain, Tom Wells, Aaron Lynch Won 2 - 0 v Fullbrook Cup so hopefully they can continue their Won 5 – 0 v ISL Won 2 - 1 v Winston Churchill (Semi-final) fine form of 2017. Won 4 – 1 v Tomlinscote Won 2 - 0 v Gordons (Final) NETBALL Won 4 – 1 v Collingwood In the District Cups, we currently still have Won 4 – 1 v Fullbrook the Year 7 and Year 11 boys teams left in Year 7 A team have had an excellent the competition and the Year 11s will be season winning their league. They have Girls recorded wins against Salesian, Fullbrook, hoping to repeat last year’s cup success. Team : Heathside and BDB. As a result of this In the Arete Football competiton, the they have progressed through to the League Hana Boujemaoui, Sophie Price, Year 7s were dominant against Gordon’s final where they lost to Gordon’s. The B Elizaveta Izmailova, Ellen Yates. team have won against Salesian, Fullbrook winning 7 - 0 with Amaan Khan being Won 4 – 1 v ISL crowned Man of the Match. In the Year 8 and BDB and lost just once against Won 5 – 0 v Tomlinscote game, which doubled as the District Cup Heathside. quarter final we very unlucky to lose 1 - 0 Won 5 – 0 v SJB The Year 8s have also performed extremely to Gordon’s. The Girls Under 16 victory Won 3 – 2 v Sir William Perkins meant that we had won the Arete Football well with the A team winning three by virtue of two matches to one. league matches against Salesian, SJB and Fullbrook. They drew against Tomlinscote We also entered two teams in all three of and lost one match to Gordon’s. This the District Boys B Team Tournaments and placed them second in the District League. produced some excellent results winning Outstanding performances were also two out of the three tournaments. This demonstrated at the District tournament highlights the level of interest and strength where the girls won their pool by winning in depth amongst the boy’s football teams. four games and went on to win the semi- Please see overall finishing positions final against SJB 8 - 7, but lost in the final below: to an excellent Gordon’s team. Particular mention must go to captain and goal

20 21 CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESSES: INDOOR CRICKET: individual golds and one silver at the recent County Club Championships. His Three of our students (Joseph Jakubait, All three of our indoor cricket teams performance in the 200m Backstroke ranks Chris Baker and Emmie Savory) have been unlucky not to progress onto him first in the whole of Britain by over represented North West Surrey in the the County Finals finishing second in the one and a half seconds. He is ranked in County Cross Country Championships in District in the Under 13 Boys, Under 15 the top five in Britain in no fewer than six Reigate. All three ran extremely well and Boys and Under 13 Girls competitions. events. have been selected to represent Surrey For the Under 13 girls it was their first in upcoming competitions. Both Joseph experience of playing cricket and it was Girls Rugby and Chris were part of their respective really encouraging how the girls took to the Congratulations to Millie Nunnerly age groups winning team, as North West sport. Outstanding players included captain who after impressing for Surrey against Surrey dominated the event winning five Mia Smith, Georgia Grant and Dora Middlesex, Berkshire and Hampshire has of the eight team competitions. Please see Savory. See the Under 13 Girls results been selected for the South East Regional individual placing bellows: below: team.

Joseph Jakubait Intermediate Boys 8th Won v Collingwood by 20 runs Hockey Congratulations to Dora Savory for making Emmie Savory Intermediate Girls 17th Won v BDB by 7 wickets her Surrey Under 13 debut in goal against Chris Baker Junior Boys 35th Lost v Salesians by 8 wickets Middlesex winning 1 - 0 and Kent losing Joseph Jakubait and Emmie Savory Won v Fullbrook by 21 runs 2 – 1. Dora shared the goalkeeping duties represented Surrey in the South East Cross and managed to not concede during her Country Championships at Brands Hatch. INDIVIDUAL SPORTING NEWS : game time. For Emmie it was her Surrey debut. Both Swimming JJustice, Director of Sport ran really well with Joseph finishing 22nd Year 7 Mackenzie Russell representing overall and Emmie 44th, there were close Guildford City won a staggering nine to 100 people in each race.

STOP PRESS: British Schools Biathlon Championship

ON SUNDAY 26 MARCH our students were in incredible form at the British Schools Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace Sports Centre.

The Under 13 Boys team of Josh Thompson, Alexej Baldwin and Michael Young performed really well with all three boys recording personal bests in both the run and swim to finish second in Britain as a team. The winners were Millfield School and third place were Whitgift.

The Under 12 Boys team finished sixth. This team was made up of Toby Bolton, Liam Bolton and Mackenzie Russell. Individually Mackenzie In the Under 17 Boys competition Joseph both the swim and the run. The run Russell produced a fantastic swim and Jakubait came second in Britain. After a time of 4.57.66 minutes was a whole run that saw him win both disciplines good swim where he finished 8th overall 9 seconds quicker than his previous to be crowned individual British he recorded a wonderful run time of best. This saw Max come third in this Champion. He produced a 10 second 4.39.07 minutes for 1600m. This led to discipline and meant that he finished in personal best in the run, recording a Joseph once again finishing in the top 3 fifth place overall. This is the first time time of 2.21.70 minutes which saw in Britain for the third consecutive year. that Max had finished in the medals him knock a staggering 6 seconds of (In biathlon honours are awarded to the Year 7 Boys School Athletics 800m In the Under 15 Boys competition Max the top 6 overall athletes in each age record. Chitty produced both a personal best in group).

20 21 Friends of Year 11

Woking High THE CLOCK IS TICKING and the time has come where the race for the finish line is in sight for Year 11 as there is only a month to go before GCSE exams start. To prepare we’ve School completed indicative exams for core subjects in March, this was the final chance for all students to perform under exam conditions before the real exams begin. BEING A PARENT of a secondary school child can be very different experience from primary years. Many of you may have On the recent Day 11 the Head Boy/Girl Team completed been highly relieved (like me) not to have to make costumes or their ILM leadership qualification with Gordon’s School. All bake cupcakes. However, I urge you to continue supporting our members of the team have this extra qualification which adds children at school but perhaps in different ways. So, how can another dimension to the excellent qualities they possess. parents and carers continue to support the School in fundraising Furthermore, other Year 11s either did general revision, ISA for additional resources to enrich the education and wellbeing resists or BCS (an ICT course allowing all students to leave of its students – our children? The simple answer is through the school with an extra GCSE proving they can use basic donations: applications like Word and Excel). n Sign up for the Prize Club The Head Boy/Girl team have also started the annual process of preparing Year 10s for applying for the soon to be vacant n Help us raise funds through Scopay. roles, which started with a Q&A session to help them face the rigorous selection process. Some donations do not even have to cost you a penny. Download the ‘Give as You Live’ toolbar – when you shop online, the school Paarth Agarwal, Year 11 Student benefits without costing you anything.

Your donations make a huge difference. During this term alone we have been able to contribute to the funding of: Kiosk n Photography equipment for the Art Department n Study guides for the Modern Foreign Languages Department ON 1 MARCH we official opened “The Kiosk”, our new outdoor food outlet which was developed by the school and n New equipment for the Fitness Room our catering partner, Surrey Commercial Services. The n Support for the School production of “The Wizard of Oz” Kiosk provides a ‘grab and go’ service, offering a selection of freshly made items: sandwiches, wraps, baguettes and paninis n Author visits for World Book Week – no costume making as well as pasta and other meals served in a pot. A variety required thankfully! of homemade cakes, pastries and biscuits are also available along with a range of hot and cold drinks, including tea, In addition we have helped to fund a new water fountain suggested decaffeinated coffee and hot chocolate. “The Kiosk” was aptly by the School Council and we will shortly be collecting funds to named by the students who have also played a role in deciding put towards the School’s Wellbeing Centre. This will be a safe what foods and drinks they would like to see available. space for all students to visit should they need a little extra support or guidance from either their peers or specialist staff. Situated near the Humanities and English blocks, The Kiosk is open every day at break and lunch and has immediately We are delighted to welcome Joanne Sutherland as the new become very popular with all students, and it has helped Treasurer for FOWHS. She will be ensuring that all our financial alleviate pressure on the main restaurant. processes are efficient and effective. There may be changes to some of the ways we collect donations in the future and we will S Kennedy, Head of Finance and Resources ensure you are made aware of these in due course.

Thank you so much to all the parents and carers who have given already. We appreciate every donation, great and small, and your money really does make a difference to the students at Woking High School. If you need further information about FOWHS, the Prize Club or how to Give as You Live, please contact us at [email protected] or see our webpage on the School website.

S Flaherty, Secretary Friends of Woking High School

22 23 Careers Support

YEAR 9 CAREERS DAY

IN JANUARY we welcomed over 40 employers to Woking High School as part of our Year 9 “Preparing for Options” Day 11. During the day students took part in a speed networking activity where they spent 8 minutes with different employers finding out about their work, career paths and top tips. Also as part of the day students took an online careers matching quiz called “Plotr”, participated in a taster session from Surrey University and had an informative session with our Careers Advisor, Anna, about post 16 transitions and decisions. All students were actively involved during the whole day and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, confirming that students felt prepared for making their options decisions

SURREY SKILLS FAIR

On Friday 6 January 60 Year 9 students spent the afternoon at the Surrey Skills Fair, speaking to colleges, universities and employers and learning about the wide range of options open to them in the future. Students also listened to a very informative talk from careers advisors who explained about how people’s career paths can develop and change over time and also about labour market information and where the jobs of the future might be.

UNIVERSITY LINKS This term both Year 7 and Year 10 VISIT TO MICROSOFT students have enjoyed valuable visits to Surrey University. All students were We were delighted to visit the Microsoft part in the Hour of Code, listen to guest able to meet with current university headquarters in Reading on 14 March speakers and look at how to future-proof students and hear about university life with 70 Year 9 and 10 students. We are ourselves so that students can be well and also the paths they took to get there committed to working with a range of prepared to take on careers that might as well as enjoying a tour of the beautiful employers in order to give students real not yet exist. Thank you to Microsoft for Guildford Campus. Year 10 took part in a life experiences of work. During this hosting such a wonderful day. useful session looking at post 16 options, exciting work place visit we were able academic and vocational pathways and to tour the large campus, visit the X Box H Addison, Careers and Post 16 Liaison what careers might suit them personally. Room and Customer Show Rooms, take Coordinator

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ON TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY we clearly. When we do that, it can positively the Blind update arranged an after school Mindfulness change the way we see ourselves and our session for students in Years 10 and 11 in lives. THANKS TO EVERYONE’S the calm environment of the Library. We GENEROSITY we now have enough were fortunate that Ann-Mari Thomas was Here is some feedback from our students: money for Luna our Guide Dog puppy able to teach us about this concept through ‘I found the mindfulness course so helpful! to come and visit us at the school. various exercises and short meditations. I never knew how unobservant I am to Ann-Mari promised us we would all sleep the world around me. We were told that better that evening and we did! we go through life too quickly and don’t According to the NHS, Mindfulness appreciate the wonderful things in our day means knowing directly what is going to day life. Because we rush, we stress on inside and outside ourselves, moment about the littlest things. We were taught to by moment. It’s easy to stop noticing the let those worries go and who knew it was world around us. It’s also easy to lose touch as easy as letting it float away like rubbish. with the way our bodies are feeling and I’m positive that I will use the techniques to end up living ‘in our heads’ – caught in the future to help me through difficult up in our thoughts without stopping to times.’ notice how those thoughts are driving our ‘I have to say, I found this session really emotions and behaviour. An important helpful for reducing by stress levels. part of mindfulness is reconnecting Taking the methods that we learned, and with our bodies and the sensations they trying them out at home has also helped experience. This means waking up to the NAME A PUPPY me calm down and make sure to appreciate sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the the little things. I think these sessions WE HAVE ALSO RAISED FUNDS to present moment. That might be something could be really beneficial to most of the sponsor another Guide Dog puppy and as simple as the feel of a banister as we Year 10s and 11s as we all feel the stress we have launched our second ‘Name walk upstairs. Another important part now and then. Big thanks to the lovely lady the Puppy Campaign’. of mindfulness is an awareness of our who ran the class!’ thoughts and feelings as they happen C Wilkinson, Student Support Officer moment to moment. It’s about allowing C Wilkinson, Student Support Officer ourselves to see the present moment TERM DATES PARKING

SUMMER Please could we remind you all to park Tuesday 18 April 2017 to Friday 21 July 2017 safely around the school by respecting the parking signs and restrictions, HALF TERM and not parking on the double yellow 29 May 2017 to 2 June 2017 or zig-zag lines on Morton Road. Please can we also request that you are INSET DAY courteous to local residents and avoid 23 June 2017 parking over driveway entrances.

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Headteacher: Jane Abbott

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