September 2018 - edition 3 OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION SUCCESS
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W The newsletter for Wexham School Wexham to celebrate 70 years of the NHS
As part of the celebra ons on the birthday The students and staff were: like to see the of the NHS Lawrence Smith Afshaan, David, Favour, Jaflenur, Joanna, pictures produced (Headteacher) and Maxine McVey (Deputy Melchiot, Afra, Sana, Hasan, Mrs Sloan, pop down to Director of Nursing, Frimley Health NHS Mr Haverley and Mrs Lee. Wexham Park Founda on Trust) officially unveiled the The official birthday of the NHS is Hospital and you canvasses that were produced by nine of Thursday 5th July, and Patrick O'Hagan will find the work our students and three members of staff from BBC went to Wexham Park Hospital displayed on the as listed below. to interview Allison Lee, Nadya Sloan, wall of corridor 2 The collabora on was to mark Sana Ahmed and Melchiot Souza about on entering the the 70 year anniversary of the the project - this was on air at 7:45am hospital via the Na onal Health Service. If you have me and you would front main recep on towards radiology.
YR 7 Big Bang Project Brunel University Enhanced During one lunch me, year 7 students Partner School were able to take part in the Big Bang Wexham School are an enhanced partnership school with the project, and this was presented to the panel University of Brunel. This is testament to all of the fantas c which was made up of teaching staff and A- work which is taking place in collabora on. More recently Mr. Level students. Clark visited the secondary PGCE This project was designed cohort at Brunel and lead a lecture to mo vate and engage our students in on 'Leadership Pathways'. As you their Science learning and it certainly did can see from the photograph the that. The project involved our students University students enjoyed their having to choose one of the Science specialisms from: 'Looking Ahead to the Future' session Design and Build a Rocket - Physics which was interac ve and engaging. Complete a Cells Project - Biology How to best purify water - Chemistry The top 4 students from each year 7 Science class were selected and had the opportunity to a end a Big Bang Science Event as a part of our con nued collabora on with the University of Reading.
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“Be yourself; everyone else is taken” Oscar Wexham School for five years and am FACT FILE: Wilde grateful to have had the opportunity to Favourite Colour: Blue see my Year group all the way from Year Favourite Season: Winter My name is Tom Shepheard and 7 to Year 11. -Christmas! I am in my 7th year of teaching Watching them mature, Favourite Number: 14 at Wexham School. develop and approach their GCSE's Favourite TV series: I completed my PGCE The Wire at Bristol University and taught Fun fact: A life-long in Shanghai and Basingstoke Oxford United supporter before I joined Wexham School. I first started teaching in China and enjoyed the challenge of learning a new culture and teaching with such dedica on and determina on English in a completely different was a real honour. environment. It was during this me that I I am looking forward to star ng decided to return to England and become the process again with the next cohort of a secondary school teacher. Year 7s and am confident we will surpass I love teaching Humani es at the excellent achievements of previous Wexham, giving students an insight into years. the world around them, both past and In my spare me I enjoy cooking, present, and helping them see important playing football, going to see Oxford Utd, events from different perspec ves is really reading and watching films. rewarding. I look forward to teaching at I have been a Leader of Year at Wexham for a long me to come. OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION September 2018 - edition 3 SUCCESS M SC HA H X O @wexham O 3 E L
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Twenty students recently took part in a dance workshop run and complex exercises, as well as learning repotoire from the by the professional Dance Company Rambert. work, and crea ng their own version of the piece. The workshop looked par cularly at the set work 'A The students really valued the experience and had an Linha Curva', which is studied within the GCSE Dance enjoyable day. It engaged the students posi vely, and specifica on. enhanced their knowledge through prac cal dance. In the four hours, the students were put through the It also gave them an insight into the day in the life of a paces of comple ng a technical warm up; including difficult professional dancer.
Horticulture team ‘worthy runners-up’
During the summer term some students CVO, who had donated the cup, were from Wexham School went to Wexham most impressed. The Wexham School Court Primary School to help the pupils team were very worthy runners-up. with their gardening. One of our Governor's Ruth Four students Crystal, Rimsha, Rooley was involved in the project and Eduard and Abhejit submi ed the project found the students to be eager to learn to the Stoke Poges, Wexham & Fulmer and very mannerly. Hor cultural Society’s Annual Show in A visit to Cherry Orchard July for the newly donated cup for 16 to allotments gave them an insight to the 30-year-olds involved in hor culture. wide variety of vegetables, fruit and They explained in photographs flowers that can be grown, also to the and script what they had done and what diversity of people sharing their they had gained from it. knowledge and enthusiasm for The judge and Edward Guinness gardening. OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION September 2018 - edition 3 SUCCESS M SC HA H X O @wexham O 4 E
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W Learning from the experts The year 10 construc on group a ended the Dulux Academy to complete the pain ng and decora ng module of the BTEC construc on course. The Dulux Academy kindly offered this experience to 20 students, therefore we were able to take along a group of year 9 students who poten ally would become the next cohort of BTEC Construc on students as well.
Visit to Stratford, Shakespeare’s birthplace
A group of Yr 9 and Yr 10 EAL students and four staff visited A er a lovely picnic lunch in the gardens, everyone Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust in Stra ord Upon Avon. moved to see the Cro ’s Hall, where Shakespeare’s daughter The group saw the house where Shakespeare lived and lived with her husband. learnt about his lifestyle and diet. The students showed a The day concluded with students buying souvenirs in par cular interest into toys that Shakespeare’s children had the gi shop and having a lovely stroll down town. It was an played with at the me and even tried out some games enjoyable learning experience and students commented that themselves. they found it very useful for their GCSE Literature studies.
Real Madrid CF Coaching Day Sports Leaders lead the way A few weeks ago, two of our Key Stage 3 students, Ibrahim (Year 7) and Sian (Year 8), a ended a football coaching workshop in at Wexham Court Sports Day Leatherhead, delivered by coaches from Real Madrid. Our sports leaders They had travelled from Spain to promote the coaching were recently invited programmes and techniques that they use with junior players at to plan and lead the Real Madrid CF. Wexham Court Both students found the event extremely valuable and Sports Day event. were so delighted that they had been given the opportunity to They were work with such high calibre coaches. fantas c on the day and demonstrated valuable skills including both effec ve communica on and organisa on. The students were a great asset for the Wexham school community and this exper se was also demonstrated on our annual sports day. OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION September 2018 - edition 3 SUCCESS M SC HA H X O @wexham O 5 E L
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Year 7 QuadKids Athletics Competition Visit to the Noel Coward
A few weeks ago a team of Our team finished 6th Theatre to watch Year 7 boys and girls out of 11 schools but a new play “Quiz” competed in the annual special men on is due for GCSE Drama students were provided QuadKids athle cs two individuals: with the opportunity to watch the compe on. Maddie (in year 7) was new and exci ng play Quiz in the West Each athlete ranked 7th out of the 50 girls End. par cipates in four events and Daniel was ranked 11th April 2003, Army Major and their points scores out of 45 boys. Charles Ingram, his wife and coughing (based on finishing places) These finishing places are accomplice are convicted for chea ng are added together for an excellent achievements for on ‘Who Wants to be a Millonaire?” overall team total. both to be proud of. The evidence is damming. The na on is gripped by the sheer audacity of the plot to snatch the £1,000,000 Jackpot. But was he really guilty? The play was interac ve and our students helped to decide whether they thought the Ingram's were guilty or not guilty.. This was a key component for their GCSE Drama course. Year 10 Osmington Bay
Our Year 10 Geography students took part in a residen al visit to complete their fieldwork as part of the GCSE Geography course. They stayed at the PGL Osmington Bay centre. While at the centre the students were able to experience a range of outdoor ac vi es which included zip lining, a giant swing and rock climbing. They were also able to spend a day at Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door which enabled them to be able to measure sediment size and complete a beach profile. On the visit to Weymouth they were able to complete pedestrian counts, land use maps and environmental quality surveys. Throughout the visit the students were well behaved and represented the school excellently while having fun. This visit provided the students with a forum to develop their use of field work techniques which they will call upon during their final examina on.
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Year 9 GCSE Music have successfully completed their DJ workshop for the Arts Mark Bronze Award. They have spent the last 10 weeks learning how to DJ, using vinyl records and a mixing desk. The pupils have now all produced their own mix CD, which was recorded live with them mixing their chosen vinyl records. The pupils learned how to scratch, speed up and slow down tracks, cross fade and use the needle. Under the new GCSE syllabus, they are permi ed to DJ as part of their Year 11 GCSE which is something that they are engaged by. Sports Day 2018 Our annual Sports Day took place on Friday 29th June, hosted at the Year 7 Sportswoman of the Year: Maddie Thames Valley Athle cs Centre in Eton. Year 7 Sportsman of the Year: Kamo On a very hot summer's day with temperatures close to 30 Year 7 Sports Day Winners: MANDELA degrees, over 200 children across Years 7 - 10 competed in a full range of track and field events, ably assisted by a team of twenty hard working, Year 8 Sportswoman of the Year: Sian enthusias c Year 10 Sports Leaders who really excelled and made a huge Year 8 Sportsman of the Year: Feroz contribu on to the success of the compe on. Year 8 Sports Day Winners: BRUNEL Sports Day, as always, was an extremely posi ve whole school event to end the academic year and a great example of how sport and physical ac vity can play a very important role in young people's Year 9 Sportswoman of the Year: Wiktoria development. Congratula ons to every student who competed and to all Year 9 Sportsman of the Year: Kacper the winners of our annual team and individual awards: Year 9 Sports Day Winners: DEACON
Year 10 Sportswoman of the Year: Iqra Year 10 Sportsman of the Year: Awab Year 10 Sports Day Winners: BRUNEL
Female Sports Leader of the Year: Iqra Male Sports Leader of the Year: Sco
Overall Sports Day Winners 2018: BRUNEL OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION September 2018 - edition 3 SUCCESS M SC HA H X O @wexham O 7 E L Activity builds self-confidenceW
12 students went to Slough and Eton for a Girls Ac ve event. They got to experience cricket, badminton, seated The purpose of this event was to influence more girls volleyball, golf, archery and golf. to be ac ve and the girls were selected who don't tend to take The girls worked incredibly well and didn't want to part in PE clubs within school but do well within lessons. leave, their confidence built throughout the day.
We took two teams to compete in a brand Maddie, Sian, Ibrahim, and Kamo new event at the Berkshire School Games, hosted at Bisham Abbey Na onal Sports Year 9/10 Team: Wiktoria, Dominika, Centre. Awab, and Callum The event was called Laser Run which involves intervals of running cross Congratula ons to Callum (Year 10) country laps followed by shoo ng a laser who won his event. gun at a target from distance. The following students represented the school very well:
Year 7/8 Team: Rowing their way to success During the summer term a group of Year 10 GCSE PE students team of three coaches the boys were out on the water, star ng began a programme of rowing coaching at Dorney Lake to to develop their confidence and skills. The boys listed below all support their GCSE prac cal assessment. A er a short session represented the school and were a credit: Ashton , Ronnie, in the Eton College High Performance gym which was led by a Ciaran, Josh, Sco , Jaheim, Hamza, Ibraheem, Rizan. WEXHAM SCHOOL TWITTER If you are keen to see the great work which takes place at Wexham on a weekly basis, why don’t you follow us on twi er?
Our twi er Governors rightly describe the school as aspira onal, rapidly account is: improving and socially cohesive. @Wexham_School (Ofsted, November 2017) OPPORTUNITY INSPIRATION September 2018 - edition 3 SUCCESS M SC HA H X O @wexham O 8 E L
W Great Year 11 Football Street League Year 11 Street League winners enjoyed their reward time trip to WWFC Adams Park. They had an all access tour including the changing rooms on match day, execu ve and boxes and the press room. The students were inspired to see behind the scenes and this was a real treat for pizza our keen football enthusiasts. for reward winners
The Year 10 reward visit winners had a fantas c me in London. They enjoyed the sites, sounds and the treat pizza they had for lunch!. Congratula ons must be given to all the students who qualified for the school visit, for their achievements this year and for making the ‘day out’ a thoroughly enjoyable one. Year 8 Year 12 in Wales Tennis The year 12s went on an external visit to Pembroke to conduct Leaders their A-level fieldwork! The Even in the final week of students were able to term a group of our Year collect a lot of data 8 sports leaders have towards their been busy, helping to coursework and deliver a Slough School develop their own Sport Network (SSSN) research ques ons. infant tennis event at They learned Salt Hill Park on Monday a lot about coasts 16th July, working with and conduc ng Year 1&2 children from fieldwork while five different Slough having a wonderful primary schools. me with some amazing weather! Year 10 students build and They represented the programme an O2 Robot school excep onally 12 year 10 students visited the O2 Telefonica building in July alongside students well and worked from various schools within the borough. Students were working in groups incredibly hard alongside students from other schools compe ng against one another. throughout the week. They were asked to build and then programme a robot to follow a set path and then race against one another. It was a very enjoyable morning, and 2017-18 School Games Mark Success students definitely built on their teamwork, confidence and programming skills. We have again achieved the annual Na onal School Games Mark Bronze Award for 2017-18. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of spor ng opportuni es and compe on across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our efforts. This is great news to end the school year with. Congratula ons and thanks go to all our PE staff for making this possible, providing lots of varied opportuni es for our students