High School, Morton Road, , Woking, , GU21 4TJ SUMMER 2019 Tel: 01483 888447 Fax: 01483 888448 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk

NEWSLETTER Headteacher: Jane Abbott

Headteacher’s Letter

AS THE 2018/19 ACADEMIC YEAR, and The class of 2019 celebrated their many Will Forster, outgoing Mayor of Woking my last as Headteacher, draws to a close, achievements and successes at the annual (2018/2019) and ex I am delighted to have this opportunity to NRA ceremony on 26th June. They student. He spoke of the impact that reflect on another exceptionally successful received prizes for attainment and progress Woking High School had made on him as term at Woking High School. in each subject area and were also awarded a student and how his time here had helped special school prizes. Alana Lynch received shape his future career. He urged students Our Year 11 students have approached their the Public Speaking Award, Beau-Hanni to go out and experience all that life has to GCSE studies, revision and immersion, Souter-Houghton, the Attendance Award, offer, find something that they love doing with enthusiasm and maturity. They have Ashlin James, Excellence in Performing and get involved. been organized, diligent and committed Arts Award, Abiel Natnael and Asher and prepared themselves mentally for the I would also like to thank the outgoing Goosen, PE Award, Dominic Ariyo-Francis challenge of the examination season – one Senior Student team of Isabel Metcalfe, and Gideon Jansen, PE Trophy, Madeleine of the longest in recent history. Their Joel Smith, Emil Kautovaara, Maddie McClements, Services to Musical conduct during their exams was exemplary McClements, Katie Mitocariu, Tom Mills, Performance Award and Head Boy/Head and they thoroughly deserve some excellent Ashlin James, Jude Rainsborough and Girl members, the Student Services Award. examination grades (this year all 9-1grades) Pravina Appasamy. They have been superb Additionally, the Liz Kyriacou Award in August. GCSE examination results will ambassadors and perfect role models for the went to Hannah Green, the Police Shield be available for collection from 10 a.m. on school and I am grateful for all the time and was presented to April Ippolito and the Thursday 22nd August, when students can commitment they have contributed over the Governors’ Prize to Amy Szarvas. also collect their Year Books and Leavers year. On behalf of everyone at Woking High jumpers. Special thanks go to our guest speaker Cllr.

Woking High School is an exempt charity and company limited by guarantee. Registered in England with Company Number 8586085 and has a registered office as above. School, we wish all our Year 11 leavers Reception (and again at the incoming PA and Mrs Weston, MFL teacher, and wish good luck, health, happiness and success in Mayor’s Civic Celebration in June). The them well. We also say goodbye to those the future. Houses were truly committed to the annual staff who are leaving Woking High School Fun Run, raising over £1000 for Woking for pastures new and wish them good luck. We are currently welcoming Year 6 students, Hospice. Year 7 Mandarin students sat our new Year 7 cohort, who will be joining Over the summer break a number of hurdle tests after their first year of study and Woking High School in September. They redesign and refurbishment projects are Year 8s loved the coastal visit to Newquay. attended induction days on 2nd and 3rd to be completed, including a new covered July and we were able to meet with their Careers events dominated in June, with outdoor area, a brand new computer design parents on 9th July. These occasions are visits to Cambridge University and talks room and additional parking, which will really important as they build confidence, on medical careers for Year 10, and BAE ease the congestion on and round the school share knowledge and information and set roadshows for Years 7 and 8. Year 9s site. standards and expectations for the years to relished the annual visits to the WWI The Autumn Term begins with two staff come. We have also welcomed prospective Battlefields and the senior students were training days on 3rd and 4th September students and their parents from Year 5. It is congratulated on spearheading the charity and school starts for students on Thursday reassuring to see how keen these younger focus on The Mango Tree. 5th September with a staggered start – Year students are to join Woking High School. As I write, July has seen Year 10s attending 7 and 10 and senior prefects at 8.55 a.m., As always, Woking High School a taster day, Year 9 and 10 Years 8, 9 and 11 at 10 a.m. students have seized the many and varied students participating in final expeditions Finally, I would like to take this opportunity opportunities to participate in the wonderful for Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver to thank governors, parents, students, staff selection of extra-curricular activities the awards and the new Head Student Team and the local community for the many years school provides. In April, Geography GCSE representing the school at the Peace Garden of support, encouragement, faith and trust, students were thrilled with the breath-taking ceremony. And, if that was not enough, they have given to me over my 13 years landscape and amazing natural wonders of throughout the summer, our sports teams leading the school. It has been a pleasure Iceland, including a sighting of the Aurora have been in fine form achieving standout and a privilege to serve as Head in such a Borealis. Students in the lower school, performance in athletics, netball, basketball wonderful school. I know that the school immersed themselves in a variety of literary and table tennis. Individual students have will go from strength to strength under experiences, enjoying a talk from author excelled in skiing, rock climbing, archery, the leadership of Mrs Walter and I wish Bali Rai and having some of their own golf and sailing. Please see Mr Justice’s every member of the Woking High School poetry published. sports round up for further details. community a very relaxing and happy During May, our musicians were centre We send our very best wishes to those summer holiday. stage at the outgoing Mayor’s Civic colleagues who are retiring – Mrs Andrews, Jane Abbott, Headteacher Goodbye Mrs Abbott

JANE ABBOTT JOINED WOKING staff has provided opportunities and success with firm foundations and high standards HIGH SCHOOL on her appointment in public examinations and in a wide range and leaving her successor well placed as Headteacher in 2006. In her 13 years of other activities both inside and outside to lead our school on the next stage of as Headteacher Mrs Abbott has worked our school. The impact is seen in the high our journey towards achieving our 2022 closely with our school governors to lead quality and stability of our teaching and development targets and beyond. our school to the position it now holds as support personnel who work diligently to We wish Mrs Abbott well and hope that a very popular and successful academy provide a safe, inspiring and challenging she will enjoy a long, happy and fulfilling with excellent academic results and strong environment for teaching and learning. retirement. links to partner schools. Mrs Abbott has inspired and overseen Mrs Abbott has continued to develop the development of a carefully balanced Z Tehal, Chair of Governors the strong ethos of our school, seeking curriculum in which our students are to ensure that all our students and all challenged to achieve high academic other members of our school family are success and at the same time develop as valued and respected, while being given well-rounded individuals prepared to move responsibility and encouraged to challenge on to the next stage in living successful and themselves to become the very best they fulfilling lives within our community and can be. Our success has been recognized beyond. both locally and nationally, leading to The governors offer our heartfelt thanks to Woking High School being heavily Jane for her dedication, enthusiasm and hard oversubscribed with a long waiting list. work in ensuring that the vision she shared Mrs Abbott’s strong moral purpose in with governors came to fruition. She is developing the strengths of students and leaving the school in a very strong position

2 3 Goodbye Year 11

THE FINAL TWO MONTHS have been Governors’ Award for Excellence - Responsibility Award - extremely busy for Year 11. They have Amy Szarvas Mia Chereau had the small matter of completing their Liz Kyriacou Technology Award - Courtesy Award - GCSEs in May and June! During this Hannah Green Lewis Wight time, the students have approached the exams with great maturity. I am certain Student Service Award - Resilience Award - that their efforts will be rewarded with Isabel Metcalfe Erin Holman great GCSE results in August. The Joel Smith Integrity Award - students were also awarded for their Pravina Appasamy Sebastian Spackman progress and attainment in the subjects Katie Mitocariu Respect Award - studied throughout the curriculum. There Ashlin James Awais Hussain were also special awards given out for Madeleine McClements outstanding contributions to school life. Thomas Mills Enthusiasm Award - The winners are listed below: Emil Kautovaara Imogen Fenwick Jude Rainsborough NRA SPECIAL AWARDS Attendance Award - Beau-Hanni Souter-Houghton Excellence in Performing Arts - Ashlin James Public Speaking - Alana Lynch PE Award - Abiel Natnael & Asher Goosen PE Trophy - Dominic Ariyo-Francis & Gideon Jansen Services to Musical Performance Award - Madeleine McClements Police Shield - April Ippolito

Year 11 then had an opportunity to Prom Queen - Best Dressed Male - celebrate their time at Woking High School Beau-Hanni Souter-Houghton Youcef Belkhiter with their Prom. All the boys were looking Prom King - Best Dancer Female - very sharp and the girls were looking Harry Brogan Ellie Akohene stunning in their suits and dresses. The Year 11s created a wonderful atmosphere and Best Entrance - Best Dancer Male - spent most of their time dancing the night Big Red Truck Jaymie Robinson away. As usual, there were several awards Best Dressed Female - Best Couple - handed out on the night: Katie Mitocariu Molly Clear and Harry Brogan Most Outrageous - Connor Leggett

B Goosen, Head of Year 11

2 3 Head Student Team WelcomeYear 6

YEAR 10 ARE VERY PROUD TO of running their own teams of Senior I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME PRESENT our new Head Student Team Prefects. Through them, the Head Student YEAR 6s, soon to be Year 7s to which will be ably led this year by Roisin Team play an integral part in ensuring the Woking High School. Year 6s have Fellowes and Dora Savory, our two Head smooth running of our Prefect system and already begun their transition process Students. They will be supported by our supporting our student body during break to secondary school, having attended dynamic Deputy Head Students: Toby and lunch times. Year 6 Induction days and the Year 6 Webb, Esraa Farghaly, Oliver Wooster, Maintaining a hands on approach, their Induction Evening. The Induction days Charlotte Hamilton, Oscar Khan, Abi collective fingers firmly on the pulse of were a tremendous success, and Year Shameen and Emma Harris. Wednesday student life, they have assumed a proactive 6s went home buzzing with exciting mornings now see E2A play host to a lively stance on the reinvigoration of our stories of taster lessons, meeting new meeting of these dynamic young minds Subject Councils, contacting departments teachers, making new friends and where we discuss our progress towards and reaching out to potential members. the delicious food available from the collective goals, establish new foci for the Whilst still in their early stages, these restaurant. week ahead and reflect upon key concerns councils will go on to deliver exciting raised through the student council, via our During the Induction days, the Year new curricular and extra-curricular dedicated HST email or by means of the 6s had the opportunity to sample a opportunities for all our students. Prefect body. range of lessons. The learning, which Intrinsically motivated, each member of included computer coding, singing Exploding onto the scene, our team the team has chosen a personal project songs from The Greatest Showman, has made an outstanding debut piloting as their focus for the upcoming year. chemical reactions in Science and a frequently asked questions booklet They will be putting into place a series trying to beat a world record in designed to offer practical advice and of initiatives aimed at raising awareness Maths, were a real hit, and a number support to next year’s Year 7 students. This of and tackling these key issues, which of students asked if they could start comprehensive who, what, where, why, reflect the concerns of our student body. secondary school immediately! how guide to life at secondary school, From the environmental: the replacing of represents some excellent canvassing by Once Year 6s are officially Year 7s in single use plastics, terracycling projects, the team of our current Year 7s, who’ve September, students will be introduced the reduction of lamination and toilet provided some wonderful insights into to secondary life, getting a `head twinning; to issues of equality and fair what really made them nervous during start` in the restaurant at break and representation: LGBTQ+, and the need those early days. Keen to anticipate the lunch. The Year 7 tutors have been for a robust student voice. From the fears and practical problems faced by new specifically chosen to work with our academic: developing taster sessions for starters at Woking High, our Head Student new students, and many have been students ahead of choosing their Options, Team have produced a booklet which Year 7 tutors for a number of years, to the importance of mental health via a demonstrates that they are committed to so they are experts at dealing with the Wellbeing week, the breadth and depth the wellbeing of those they have been primary to secondary transition. of vision shown by these young people is chosen to represent. truly an inspiration to behold. I very much look forward to Year 7 Further raising their profile, whilst getting starting in September, and wish all a real taste for management, this year’s B Bunsell, Head of Year 10 students and their families a happy HST have taken on the responsibility holiday.

H Doe, Head of Year 7

Author Visit

IN MAY, a cross-selection of students Geographic. Matt spoke about his work from Years 7-10 and their parents, as an author and encouraged the students attended a talk with the author, and parents to participate in his creative film-maker and mountaineer Matt writing challenge. Dickinson. He spoke of his experiences of climbing Mount Everest, reaching M Poulter, Librarian the summit and its challenging environment. He also showed footage of his adventures working as a film- maker for the BBC and National

4 Make The Future Live

ON MONDAY 1 JULY 15 students from Year 7-9 had the excellent opportunity to attend Shell’s “Make the Future Live” event at Mercedes- Benz World in Weybridge. During the day our students attended a lecture hosted by Bobby Seagull with panellists ranging from current engineers to undergraduate students. Students also took part in a “Bright Science - YEAR 10 BIG BANG SHOW Ideas” seminar, where they showed scientific and creative flair to come up with, then present, great ideas ranging ON WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE fourteen included representatives from engineering from how to solve the waste issues in Year 10 girls attended the Big Bang Show companies, microbiological research and third world countries, to our energy (South East) at Haywards Heath. The development companies, product design use issues closer to home. The day was show, organised by Sussex University, companies, cyber forensics, Royal Navy, completed with an opportunity to view brought together Further Education Earth Sciences (geology), cancer treatment the vehicles entering the Shell eco- Colleges and employers from various specialists and the NHS. marathon, where teams from across STEM companies to highlight possible The highlight of the day was an the world compete to design a vehicle career opportunities to students. The girls opportunity to experience life as a that can travel the furthest on one tank were able to browse the various stands, try microbiologist! Students participated of fuel. the interactive activities on offer and ask in a workshop designed to give them questions about educational routes into Overall, the day gave our students a an insight into a typical working day at their preferred career choices. Exhibitors great opportunity to see how a career ThermoFisher Scientific; the activities in engineering could be for them as included preparing bacterial growth plates, well as being very enjoyable! Mrs using streaking techniques, inoculation Gallagher and I were very impressed studies to investigate the suitability of with how the students conducted different antibiotics and simple test themselves throughout the day. Our techniques which are used to identify the thanks to Mr Khan and the rest of the types of bacteria present in samples. The Shell team for helping us to organise girls really enjoyed learning about life as a the day. Microbiologist and came away with a real sense of what the job involves on a day-to- A Wilkins, Teacher of Science day basis.

S Street, Teacher of Science Science Seminar

IN MAY, we were fortunate to be able what they would do in a similar situation. to host, as a guest speaker, Dr Caroline There was a wide range of questions Wilmott, who spoke to some of our Year from Year 10 and Dr Wilmott was very 10 students about careers in the medical generous with her time and answered them profession. She spoke eloquently about the all – offering good advice to our students need for more people to enter the medical about how they should consider a career in profession and about the route she took to medicine. There seemed to be a few aspiring train as a GP. She shared some humorous medics in the audience and undoubtedly this stories from her training and shed light on talk will have given them a renewed desire her day to day work. Dr Wilmott spoke to fulfil their dream. about some of the ethical dilemmas that she has faced as a GP and asked our students L Pollard, SLE Science

5 Maths - MATHS COMPETITIONS

At the end of April, more than 120 The award for “Best in School” went to students took part in the UKMT Peter Heeney (Year 7), who also qualified Junior Maths Challenge. There were for the Junior Maths Olympiad. These some excellent results, with Woking successes follow on from March’s highly High School students gaining a total competitive UKMT Team Maths Challenge of 8 Gold, 33 Silver and 30 Bronze competition, where a team of two Year 8 certificates. Particular mention must and two Year 9 students from Woking High go to Noah Testa, Leanne Seet and School finished 11th out of a total of 28 Luke Holcroft (Year 8) along with entries. Oliver Plans (Year 7), who all qualified for the Junior Kangaroo competition. M Eaden, Acting Head of Maths

Geography - ICELAND TOUR

AT THE END OF THE SPRING TERM, the cutting-edge carbon capture schemes Myrdalsjokull glacier with ice axes and twenty nine Year 10 GCSE Geographers being implemented to mitigate the effects of crampons. The students had a real taste boarded a flight to Reykjavik for a 5-day carbon dioxide on the planet. The students for what living in Iceland could be like! tour to Iceland. These students were then returned to their new accommodation They returned back to Hlemmur Square supported by Mr Beeson, Mr Dixon, Mrs in the shadow of the Eyjafjallajökull Ice cap, and tasted the delicacy of fermented shark Lang and Miss Bourne as they landed famous for the volcano underneath it when before heading to bed and returning to in the land of fire and ice! The first stop it caused air-traffic havoc across European Gatwick Airport the next day. on our journey was the Blue Lagoon to airspace in 2010. The students were a real credit to Woking experience first-hand the geothermal It turned out that this wasn’t the end of High School and had many things to take hot-spots right underneath them before the day, as at approximately 10.30pm the away from the tour, and will remember it heading into Reykjavik for a tour of the students were treated to a display of the for a lifetime. A notable mention to Sarah city, scaling the famous Hallgrimskirkja Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) before Haynes who was awarded the “Geographer Cathedral and seeing the world-renowned heading to bed. of the Trip” prize of a book with more Harpa Concert Hall. amazing photos of Iceland. Thanks must The tour then led us down to the south coast After a night in Hlemmur Square hotel, the also be given to Mrs Norman for all her of Iceland, to look over the North Atlantic students headed off on the Golden Circle hard work with this tour! Ocean and the sights of the black sand tour to see Geysir, Þingvellier and Gulfoss beaches of Vik. The students also had a The Iceland tour will be back in 2020! waterfall but not before a stop at the memorable experience of walking across the largest power-station in Iceland to witness R Beeson, Teacher of Geography

6 History - BATTLEFIELDS 2019

Have you forgotten yet? Our first stop was Vimy Ridge in Northern France. This key position was held for Look down, and swear by the slain of the much of the war by German forces, giving War that you’ll never forget. them access to the vital industrial area of Do you remember the dark months you the Douai Plain. Students found out about held the sector at Mametz- the incredible battle that took place in April 1917, led by Canadian and British forces The nights you watched and wired and dug to take the Ridge. Our focus was upon and piled sandbags on parapets? remembrance and students investigated Do you remember the rats; and the stench the way that those who fought have been Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line remembered – what does the memorial trench- suggest about the mood of the people of Canada in the 1920s? And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with hopeless rain? Throughout our second day, we considered what life was like in the Ypres Salient Do you ever stop and ask, “Is it all going to for those who lived and fought here by happen again?” visiting several sites. At Tyne Cot, we were Siegfried Sassoon, 1919 fortunate enough to see the rededication of a soldier killed 105 years ago – initially an This year, eighty six Year 9 students made unnamed soldier, recent research has found their way across the channel to memorials, that he was in fact Captain William Miles cemeteries and the battlefields of Flanders, Kington DSO, a hero of the Boer War in order to ensure that we never forget. who signed up in 1914 at the age of 38. Victoria Cross for gallantry. This was in As with previous years visits, the tour This allowed students to see the excellent contrast to our visit to the Town Hall in had three main aims that took the form of work that the Commonwealth War Graves Poperinge where we investigated the stories ‘big’ enquiry questions, all of which were Commission are still conducting over 100 of those who were executed for desertion, referred to at each site that we visited: years after the war ended. Lijssenthoek enabled students to conduct independent quitting their post, striking a senior officer • What can we learn about life on research into a variety of different people or murder. Students were astounded to the Western Front from visiting the buried within the cemetery. A trip to hear that these men were only officially battlefields? Was it the same for Essex Farm meant that we could discuss pardoned in 2006. everybody? several themes ranging from the poetry of At Langemark, we discussed the incredible • Why is the First World War known as John McRae and the changing reaction to story of Private Frederick George Dancox, the ‘Great War’? poets of the Great War over time, as well awarded the Victoria Cross for ‘most as moral questions of allowing underage • What is left of the First World War conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty soldiers to continue fighting after they in attack’. Separated from the rest of his today and how should we continue to had signed up, and also the award of the remember it after 100 years? men, he took a German pillbox, heavy machine gun and 40 German prisoners armed with just a Mills bomb. As the London Gazette reported at the time “By his resolution, absolute disregard of danger and cheerful disposition, the morale of his comrades was maintained at a very high standard under extremely trying circumstances”. Our final day was spent in the town of Ypres, with students perusing the galleries of the exceptional In Flanders Fields Museum and then buying some well- deserved chocolates and local Belgian delicacies prior to our journey home.

M Jones, Head of History, SLE

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IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER BUSY In July, Year 9 students who have End production of ‘Matilda’. In addition, TERM for the Drama department. The nominated to study GCSE Drama were the Technical Assistance Group (TAG) Year 11 GCSE Drama students worked also very fortunate in attending a ‘Blood have also been very active. Over the last very hard in preparation for Component Brothers’ workshop with Mrs Wilson and term, the older members of TAG taught 3 of their GCSE examination in May, Mrs Sleap. The workshop was designed to the younger members how to setup in which students practically explored inspire the imaginations of the students, the sound desk and how to overcome extracts from a variety of plays including and assist them in developing the skills of potential problems they may encounter ‘Antigone’, ‘Shakers’, ‘The Importance interpreting a script from page to stage. during performances. Max Kerslake and of Being Earnest’, ‘DNA’, ‘Billy Liar’, The students worked very positively in Alex Loader also provided technical ‘Shirley Valentine’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the workshops, learning about the plot support for the Year 11 Drama exam. and ‘The Woman in Black’. and characters of the GCSE set text. A Tom Quantrell and Tom Mills are very true highlight was the fact that all students excited about providing support on the The Drama department has also been prepared the delivery of a monologue Wind Orchestra Tour of Paris, which will busy with Day 11 activities. In June, as the character of Mickey. The students be taking place this summer. Mr Harman some Year 7 students had the opportunity demonstrated fantastic creativity and an and the Performing Arts Team would to work with Mrs Sleap in a workshop to impressive ‘can-do’ attitude, resulting also like to give additional thanks to Tom acknowledge how damaging prejudice in performances which were highly Mills (Year 11) for his help over the years can be, and to consider the potential entertaining and very moving. as he has been a dedicated member of effects of prejudice in schools and TAG; he is now leaving to go to college, communities. Furthermore, the Drama Clubs available to and we hope that he will continue to Woking High School students have been Year 8 had the opportunity to attend a utilise his technical skills in the future. focusing on some lovely activities. Digital theatre visit; sixty-five students were Theatre Club has been enjoying the Royal It has certainly been a busy year in the very excited about the visit to see ‘Annie’ National Theatre’s production of ‘Treasure Drama Department, and we would like at the in Woking. Island’. It has also been wonderful to see to say thank you and well done to all The production starred Craig Revel some delightful work in Lower School students and staff who have worked Horwood as Miss Hannigan, and featured Drama Club; a particular highlight saw with such energy to participate in and some very impressive performances students from Year 7 to 9 choreographing embrace such wonderful and creative from its young cast which was a great their own routine to the experiences! inspiration for the Woking High School number ‘Revolting Children’ from the West students. K Wilson, Head of Drama Music Tour, Paris

ON THURSDAY 18TH JULY, the largest will develop personal skills such as team the Seine. For the students, the undoubted ever contingent of Woking High School building, organisation and time keeping. highlight of the tour will be the day trip students will depart on a music tour to During their five days, we will visit places to Disneyland; the entertainment resort Paris. Sixty-eight students from all year of cultural interest, and modern foreign in Marne-la-Vallée situated to the East of groups will be accompanied by seven language students will have the opportunity Paris. members of staff as they head out to to enhance their vocabulary and speaking It is good to note the large group of Year perform three concerts in the centre of the skills. 7 students who are making their first ever French capital. The musical ensembles All three of our concerts are in Paris and music tour with the school and they will involved include the Wind Orchestra, include a performance in the truly beautiful benefit greatly from this experience. But School Choir, Chamber choir, String American Cathedral, and an international we should of course mention, with an air and Guitar ensemble, all ably supported accommodation and education centre, of sadness, that eleven Year 11 students by members of TAG, the technical housing mainly American students will be conducting their last ever tour with assistance group who will ensure we sound the school. We will miss them greatly. I professional. Concerts aside, we have factored in many am sure the tour will be as good as any sight-seeing excursions during the week, The students will experience live undertaken in the past and we look forward the first of which is the Palace and gardens performance in front of unfamiliar to welcoming parents, family and friends of Versailles. 360 degree views will be seen audiences in new locations, and the whom I know are travelling out to listen from the 59th floor of the Montparnasse concerts will be the deserved culmination to us. tower, before coming back down to earth to of a years worth of rehearsals and musical walk under and around the Eiffel tower. We S Goodwin, preparation. Individually the students will then take a boat on a river cruise along Director of Music Performance

8 Languages - Mandarin

SPELLING BEE IN SEPTEMBER, our first ever cohort In April and May, the students sat three of Mandarin students began their ‘hurdle’ tests which tested all the four 2019 studies. Funded by the Department of skills of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Education, with support from UCL and Listening. The students did exceptionally the Confucius Institute, the Mandarin well, with over 90% achieving high levels Excellence Programme is an intensive in all the tests. Twenty eight of these THIS TERM saw the culmination of course of study. The forty one students students will now continue into Year Year 7 Foreign Language Spelling were required to come to lessons before 8. We also have a new cohort of Year 7 Bee. The competition, arranged by a school throughout the year and to do at students starting in September. Government-supported organisation, least four hours of homework per week. Routes into Languages, aims to Z Barfield, Teacher of Mandarin promote the learning of foreign During the year we have been supported languages and this year attracted by Woking Chinese Association, who almost 30,000 entrants from all have provided excellent workshops over the country. Peter Heeney covering aspects of Chinese culture such and Isabelle Garbett excelled in all as Calligraphy, Kung Fu and Chinese rounds of the competition and both Poetry. A selection of students were also gained places in the National Final (a able to have a Chinese meal at the Beijing Woking High School first), a feat even Restaurant in Horsell to practise their more commendable given that only food ordering skills! ninety-nine out of the initial 30,000 participants made it through. The National Final took place on 1st July at the University of Cambridge and competitors had one minute each to translate and spell randomly selected English words from the 200 that they had learnt in the target language. The four highest scorers in each language Computing - then took part in a nail-biting second round to determine their places YEAR 8 TRIP TO BLETCHLEY PARK with each language final featuring tiebreakers and even sudden death! Finally, the Mayor of Cambridge gave THE COMPUTING DEPARTMENT which were all removed in preparation a talk on the importance of languages completed another successful Day 11 of a potential invasion, and they were and commended the achievements of trip to Bletchley Park with thirty seven not allowed to use the same route twice. all the finalists and, although Woking Year 8 students. What amazing women! High School did not place in the final round, Peter and Isabelle showed The students had the opportunity to Besides the self-guided walks, we were themselves to be incredibly talented roam the extensive site in small groups given a tour by a volunteer and shown linguists and we would like to take this with a teacher, learning about the important sites and given background opportunity to congratulate them for wonderful work of the “Code Breakers” information about what life was like at their efforts. of the Second World War. Bletchley. Choosing the ‘best’ part was difficult. We also had a chance to learn how E Reardon, Head of Spanish Some liked learning about and seeing codes were broken and followed a the homing pigeon display. It was transmission from the sending of the fascinating to see how pigeons were first message, to the interception, used to send messages and to send and then to the decoding by teams of fake reports. Others were fascinated by thousands - mostly women. We also being able to hold a life-size model of worked on Enigma simulators and were a satellite built and operated by British able to plot the position of submarines teams. My personal favourite was in the North Atlantic as if we were part exploring the garages where we learned of the actual teams working at the site of the amazing work done by dispatch during the war. riders who carried vital messages across the country, often in total A Tuson, Teacher of Computing darkness. They travelled along country roads and lanes without signposts,

9 Year 7

YEAR 7 HAVE HAD AN EXCITING AND ACTION PACKED YEAR. I can hardly believe that they are nearing the end of their first year at Woking High School already. It seems only yesterday that I was visiting students in their primary schools, and here we are at the end of the year, preparing them for Year 8. It was great to see so many parents at the Year 7 Curriculum Evening in September. It marked the beginning of Year 7 students’ school career and hopefully answered some questions parents might have had about their son or daughter’s ‘academic diet’. Year 8 Day 11 has been a highlight for Year 7 and many students have participated in THIS ACADEMIC YEAR has been advertising industries also allowed the visits to, the New Forest, and Alice Holt. highly successful for the current Year year group to develop their wider world Activities at Woking High have included 8 cohort. It has been a pleasure to knowledge, as well as learning about computing, sport and fitness, a village fete, see our students develop socially and sustainability and the environment. shanty towns, and internet safety. Students academically. They have represented particularly enjoyed the legendary camping We entered a team of Year 8 students themselves extremely well, in and out of trip to the New Forest and I think it is fair into the Guildford County Court, Mock school. to say that most did not make it through the Magistrates Competition. The Woking trip without getting rather wet! Within school, Year 8 students performed High School team won the competition, and supported the School Production, beating six other schools. The team won It has been heartening to see that so many ‘Grease’ with outstanding contributions for the third year in a row, and walked Year 7s have fully involved themselves, from all; thank you and well done to the away with £200 prize money. not only in lessons, but also in extra- Year 8 actors and musicians who were curricular activities. A number of Year 7 Year 8 students took part in the Siemens involved have participated in house competitions Next Big Thing challenge. The brief and have really benefited from the team Outside of school, Year 8 students have for this year’s challenge was to use work and challenge involved. We have also been involved in a wide variety of school Raspberry Pi to design and create had some fantastic success out of school visits including trips to The Globe something that could be used to help one with students representing their country in Theatre, Wimbledon for the tennis, of three patients to live independently. climbing, archery and judo and also acting Bletchley Park, Annie and Hoebridge Year 8 have also taken part in various in Atlanta USA. Golf Club. Students have also been Arête competitions including sport and exceptional in representing the school Well done Year 7, you have had a very business where the team had to promote on the annual Newquay Water sports successful and rewarding first year at a city to host the next Olympics in an Residential and ski visit to Italy. Woking High School. Keep up the good Apprentice style challenge. work! It has been a fantastic year for sporting As the end of my first year at Woking achievements and Year 8 students have High School fast approaches, Mrs Mrs H Doe, Head of Year 7 represented the school and themselves Clapton, Year 8 Pastoral Coordinator, in many sporting competitions. Just Miss Bartlett, Assistant Head of Year some of our sporting successes this and I want to say a huge thank you to year include performances in athletics, all our students for their hard work and cycling, skiing, football, rugby, cricket, commitment. They are a talented and chess and E-Sports. energetic group of young people who Day 11 offered Year 8 the opportunity to are a delight to work with. I am proud to access a wide variety of non-academic be their Head of Year. I would also like education throughout the year including to thank all our parents/carers for the completing a series of workshops support given throughout the year and I looking at personal spending, saving and look forward to taking the students into making good money decisions, along Year 9. with learning how to behave and present yourself in business/work situations. O Bland, Head of Year 8. Workshops from the fashion, media and

10 Year 9

THIS ACADEMIC YEAR has been highly and made it through to the Regional Heats. Houses in various competitions, such as successful for the current Year 9 cohort. Congratulations go to all our teams and tug of war, dodgeball, bake off and fun run. It has been a pleasure to see the students individuals for their participation in the Year 9 students have been involved in develop socially and academically. They Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition and various school visits, enhancing the Year 9 have represented themselves extremely the national Poetry by Heart competition. curriculum, such as a trip to Microsoft and well, in and out of school. It was also One of the highlights of our musical the Lightbox. They have been exceptional great to see so many parents at the Year calendar is the annual Instrumental, in representing the school on the annual 9 Curriculum Evening in September, the Ensemble and Vocal completion which residential trip to the Battlefields of Ypres GCSE options evening in January and the is now in its 11th year. Congratulations and the ski visit to Italy. Consultation Evening in February. to Nona Lawrence and Kai Westaway for It has been a fantastic year for sporting Congratulations to Owen Bailey, Oliver their performances from Year 9 and to achievements and Year 9 students have Griffiths, Stevie Barron and Zach Brogan Nona who won the coveted Lorna Paterson represented the school in many sporting who successfully officiated at the U11 Award. This year’s School Production, competitions. Just some of our sporting Girls Football Festival at Greenfield ‘Grease’ was fantastic and well done to successes this year include performances School. Also to Josh Ford, Sam Wavish, the Year 9 actors and musicians who were in the Surrey County Cross Country and Alex Heeney and Tom Heggberg for their involved. It was evident from the standard Swimming championships, where Ella participation in the GreenIt Challenge of performances that a lot of hard work Fisher won District Athletics gold in 100m organised by RHS Wisley. The team had went into rehearsals – it was a great show! and silver in 200m and Mackenzie Russell 10 weeks to design and build a model eco- Groups of students have also attended the was awarded English Schools Swimming garden, and then present their work at the GASP engineering course that ran for two Champion in the 200m Freestyle age Inter-schools competition at the Gardens. six week periods. Students gained valuable 13/14. A number of our Year 9 students assembled experience of working in the automotive Thank you to all the students who have at Guildford Magistrates’ Court to engineering setting and learnt many of the worked so hard this year, and for the complete in the annual Magistrates’ practical skills needed. A group of students support of all of the parents / carers. Mrs Court Mock Trial competition. The team have successfully completed an ASDAN Clapton and I wish you good luck to all the comprising of Amelie Wilson-Rivers, Ollie course in horticulture, encouraging students as they embark on KS4. Strong, Joni Derrishi, Erin Fitzgibbon, leadership and teamwork, and Youthbox Lidewine Saris, Anya Treat, Amnah has provided a program of non-contact L Downie, Head of Year 9 Dar, Josh Ford, Tom Heggberg and Alex boxing and youth workshops, focussing Heeney, had spent two months preparing on discipline, control and self-awareness. both the prosecution and defence cases Many students have also represented their

Year 10

ANOTHER YEAR FULL OF SUCCESS As a result of student voice, this year sees 10 girls’ team of Charlotte Hamilton is coming to its golden conclusion, after the first of our new Head Student teams led and Lilia Wada were runners-up. Our a year of hard work for our Year 10 by Dora Savory and Roisin Fellowes who Girls Basketball team became County students. are joined by: Toby Webb, Esraa Farghaly, Champions, beating Harris Academy Oscar Khan, Abigail Shameen, Oliver Crystal Palace 42 – 23. At the British To prepare our students for a taste of life Wooster, Emma Harris and Charlotte Schools Biathlon Championships at beyond Woking High School, the whole Hamilton - they have already begun to take Crystal Palace National Sports Centre of Year 10 visited Woking College for an on responsibility for a series of exciting our Under 15 boys’ team won the open day. Work Experience Week was new initiatives. British Schools Biathlon for the second highly successful, and I was delighted consecutive year. Our Under 15 Pistol by feedback from employers, many of The Year 10s have continued to shine Shooting team were victorious in the whom were really impressed by the in the sports arenas: Our boys’ team British Schools Championships, the Year 10s willingness to get stuck in. Our were exceptional winning the District team consisted of George McEwen, Head Student, Dora Savory, whilst on Athletics competition for the fourth Jenna Culshaw and Chloe Westphal. placement at the Little Princess Trust, consecutive year and the ninth time in At Guildford Spectrum in the Surrey donated 12 inches of her hair to create twelve years. At the District Tennis doubles Swimming Individual Championships, wigs for those children and young people championships, Zain Moolji and Prithvi our Year 9/10 Boys team were crowned who have lost their own hair during Ramesh, won all five games and became County Champions with all five boys treatments for cancer. District Champions. Meanwhile, our Year

11 producing excellent swims. At the Rotary attend a piano masterclass with renowned of Emotion. Alice Acquaye, auditioned Swimathon on Sunday 14th October concert pianist and teacher, Richard for and was selected to perform in The our Year 10s delivered a truly awesome Meyrick. At the Youth Speaks competition, Frog Prince with Cobham Players last performance smashing the event record Roisin Fellowes, Charlotte Hamilton and December. She took a main speaking by swimming 220 lengths! Emma Joll came first and second in both part, singing and dancing. Charlotte groupings. Joos gave an outstanding violin solo The Year 10s have also been acting as performance of ‘Walking in the Air’ ambassadors for the school at various The Year 10s have fully embraced the at a charity Carol Service at St Peter’s events such as Mana Komatsu and Toby range of opportunities available to them in Church Webb who attended Surrey University school – many participated in the school in order to complete a training day for production “Grease” and the Orchestra and What a catalogue of success! I have been Young Ambassadors for the Duke of Choir performances; 10 students completed deeply impressed by the way these young Edinburgh Award; Cyrus Howbrook, their Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award; people have adapted to the growing Tung Nguyen and Morgan Seymour many have been involved in off-site visits pressures and challenges they face. I competed in the Digital School House such as The Doctors Show, theatre and would like to take this opportunity to Esports Grand Final on the 10th of April museum visits, and the Iceland tour. thank the Head Student Team, the Senior at the GFinity Esports Arena; Thomas Prefects and Prefects who support them Outside of school our students have been Marton, and Matthew Szarvas travelled in the outstanding work they do each day involved with a wide range of activities to Warhammer World in Nottingham around the school. And finally thank you such as, Jack Edwards, who recently rang to represent the school in the School’s to the year group as a whole, for the level the bells at Westminster Cathedral to League Semi-Final tournament. Overall, of effort and the determination so many celebrate the Queen’s official birthday and they won the most sporting team award, of you show every day; have a fantastic Trooping of the Colour. Eleanor Verrier meaning that they were awarded the break, you have earnt it. and Harry Davies have formed a dynamic most ‘best game’ awards by other duo of their own called Taylor’s House and players; Mana Komatsu was invited to B Bunsell, Head of Year 10 have released their first album: Mixture Year 11

AS A YEAR GROUP, I’m sure we can continue and flourish. In April, our languages and art students all agree this has been the most eventful had an early start to their exams. Speaking Then, in December we all knuckled down year for us all. It’s certainly been the exams took part over two days, all of which and completed our indicative exams. The most difficult, but I’m proud to say that were very successful. Our art students also two weeks went by in a flash, and before we’ve all survived. Just 10 months ago in took part in a 10 hour exam, with many we knew it, it was our last Christmas at September, we started attending revision of the final pieces coming out to such a Woking High School. Needless to say, the sessions, which were a huge success, high standard that they’d fit right into The exams were difficult, but with the help and and I’m sure they had a huge impact on Tate! Then in May, our drama students support of teachers, and each other, we got the results we will receive in August. In completed their final performance exam, through it. October, auditions for the production of which was a huge success. Grease started up; a huge number of Year Then, we entered 2019, the year of our Before we knew it, it was May 13th, our 11s auditioned, with many proudly taking GCSEs. In January we had to face the GCSEs had started. The 4 weeks were on lead roles. facts, only 4 months until our exams; at tough, but I’m sure we can all agree that the time they felt ages away, but they sure Then in November, we were able to take with the amazing support of our teachers, came quickly. In February, our Year 11s part in the final remembrance at Woking the exams were more than a success. starred in the production of Grease; months High School, a beautiful ceremony with of rehearsals finally paid off, and the show As the exam period came to an end, it was our very own Jude Rainsborough playing was one to remember. The cast worked bittersweet; finally the exams were over, the Last Post one final time. Many Year incredibly hard, remaining committed to but it was also time to leave Woking High 11s also took part in a beautiful set of the play, despite GCSEs. It was a brilliant School behind. I’m sure we can all agree poetry readings, and laying down poppies. show to end our time at Woking High that it’s been an amazing five years; it’s November was also very eventful for School. been an honor to be part of such a talented charity work; the brilliant Uniform scheme year group, surrounded by such lovely led by Isabel Metcalfe raised £135 in As we moved into March, our ICT rooms people. Also a special thank you to our just one night, with help from the rest of began to fill up with Year 11s, some brilliant Head of Year, Mr Goosen, who led the Head Team. The money went to the even arriving at 7:30 in the morning us through Woking High School, supported charity ‘The Mango Tree’, which aims to to squeeze in extra revision! In March, us and guided us, we couldn’t have done it help disadvantaged children in Tanzania we also completed our last set of mock without his endless support. Thank you. and Africa. As a Head Team, we wish exams, giving us the final push into our the new student body good luck with forthcoming final exams. A James, Head Student Team this responsibility, as we’d love to see it

12 Sports Review

ATHLETICS Selected Individual Results from both Year 10/11 Key Stage 3 and 4 Championships: Gold Our athletes have been extremely busy this summer and many have been in excellent Year 7 Dominic Ariyo-Francis 100m form. We have had six school records Gold Charlie Terry 400m Abiel Natnael Long Jump broken with many having been broken Jiyah Kapotwe 800m Toby Webb Discus multiple times. At the District Athletic Laura Kersley 70m Hurdles Boys 4x 100m Relay Championships, we were successful Freya Underhill Discus winning four out of the eight competitions. Silver There were fourteen schools competing in Silver Matthew King 100m Hurdles the Districts. The top three team results are Joseph Walters 200m Abiel Natnael 200m below: Jack Phillpott 1500m Chris Baker 800m Boys 4x 100m Relay Year 7 Girls: Liam Stone 1500m Lucy Foster High Jump Alexis Cortade Javelin 1st Woking High 123.5 Girls 4x 100m Relay 2nd SWPS 119.5 Bronze Bronze 3rd Collingwood 109 Max Carter High Jump Rhys Conlon 75m Hurdles Year 7 Boys Danel Jansen 100m Herbie Hunter Discus Mia Smith 300m 1st SJB 114.5 Joseph Walters Long Jump Jodie Bongartz 1500m 2nd Woking High 111 Jimmy King High Jump 3rd Collingwood 92.5 Laura Kersley 100m Following successful District trials, we had Year 8 Girls: Freya Underhill 200m several students selected to represent North Laura Kersley Long Jump West Surrey at the County Championships. 1st Woking High 137 Freya Underhill Shot Putt In difficult conditions, we had some superb 2nd Gordon’s 120.5 Marcie Bulman Javelin performances. We had three individual 3rd Tomlinscote 111 students medal, they were: Year 8 Year 8 Boys Gold Edward Gannon Year 8/9 Boys 1st= Woking High 115 Edward Gannon 800m Discus Silver 1st= Woking High 115 Edward Gannon Discus 3rd SJB 113 Toby Webb Year 10/11 Boys Dylan Campbell Triple Jump Discus Silver Year 9 Girls: Hayley McLaughlin 200m Dominic Ariyo-Francis Year 10/11 Boys 1st Gordon’s 126 Elizabeth Chapman 300m 200m Bronze 2nd SWPS 116 Elizabeth Chapman Discus 3rd SJB 107 Elizabeth Chapman High Jump The above three students were then 4th Woking High 94.5 Amy Rolfe Long Jump selected to represent Surrey in an Girls 4x 100m Relay intercounties match against Kent, Sussex, Year 9 Boys Silver Middlesex and Hampshire. Dominic, 1st Gordon’s 121 who is still finding his way back to fitness Edward Gannon Shot Putt 2nd SJB 107 following serious injury in early May, Dylan Campbell Long Jump 3rd Collingwood 104.5 finished second in the Inter Boys 200m Boys 4x100m Relay 5th Woking High 79.5 and Teddy Gannon third in the Junior Boys Hayley McLaughlin 75m Hurdles Discus. Both Teddy and Dominic were Year 10/11 Girls: Carla Manning 800m selected to represent Surrey in the English 1st Gordon’s 79 Year 9 School Competition in Birmingham. Sadly, 2nd Tomlinscote 67.5 Gold Dominic re-injured his hamstring after 3rd SWPS 62 qualifying for the semi-finals, and had to 5th Woking High 50 Ella Fisher 100m withdraw from the competition. Teddy Year 10/11 Boys Silver finished 6th overall in the discus with a Dion Davies 200m 1st Woking High 76 mark just short of his personal best. Sam Jordan Discus 2nd Tomlinscote 65 Ella Fisher 200m At the South East B athletic final in 3rd Gordon’s 63 Evie Tibbotts Javelin Crawley, our Junior Girls finished fifth and our Junior boys sixth. We now look Bronze forward to Sports Day and hopefully even Madeleine Grainger 75m Hurdles more records and great performances will Maya Newsam Shot Putt be seen.

13 NETBALL SWIMMING ARCHERY Following our triumph in the Year 7 Girls Double national success at the inaugural Year 7 Rhys Lloyd took part in the Surrey District Netball Tournament our girls English Schools Swimming Summer Junior Archery Open Championships, competed in the Surrey County Netball Open Championships: which was combined with an Inter- Finals. The girls won all their group games, Counties Competition on Saturday 1 On the weekend of the 22nd/23rd of June, but in the semi-final they lost narrowly to June. The competition was a Metric nine of our students competed in the SJB. This is the girls’ first loss of the season. Round, which consists of shooting 144 English Schools Individual Swimming Please see results from tournament below: arrows across 4 different distances and at Championships at the K2 Leisure Centre 2 different size targets. Rhys competed in Year 7 Girls Surrey Netball County in Crawley. The nine included Joshua the Boys Under 12 category in which he Finals (Third Place) Thompson, Steven Wood, Mackenzie won gold. The top 2 competitors from each Russell, Mana Tanaka, Bella Hornzee, Won 10 - 2 v Rosebery club had their scores combined to form Gemma Allen, Olivia Mills, Sophie Nunwa Won 13 - 0 v Matthew Arnold a “Club Pairs” score, and Rhys and his and Eloise Thompson. All performed Won 7 - 4 v Weydon team player came 2nd in Surrey, winning extremely well with most recording Won 10 - 6 v St Peters themselves silver medals. As if that was personal bests. Two of our students, Won 8 - 3 v Guildford County not enough, the 4 top scoring competitors Mackenzie Russell and Joshua Thompson, Lost 5 - 6 v SJB (Semi-finals) in each county were then taken to represent became English Schools champions, in Won 11 - 8 v Ashcombe (3rd / 4th Playoff) their county in the Inter-Counties. Rhys total we secured 4 medals they were as was selected as one of the 4 competitors Our Year 8 Girls Netball Team had also follows: qualified after finishing runners-up in the to make the team representing Surrey, District tournament. They performed well Joshua Thompson 15 Year and Over and together they took gold medals, on the day, but narrowly missed out on 200m Individual Medley Gold beating their closest rivals Hampshire and Berkshire, along with other county teams. qualifying for the semi-finals, finishing Mackenzie Russell 13/14 Years Old Rhys finished the event with a trophy, two third in their group. 200m Freestyle Gold gold medals and a silver medal. Year 8 County Netball Finals Bella Hornzee 11/12 Years Old Drew 4 - 4 v Ashcombe 200m Backstroke Silver CLIMBING Lost 3 - 5 v St Peters Joshua Thompson 15 Year and Over Drew 9 - 9 v Howard of Effingham 50m Breaststroke Bronze Won 8 - 4 v Warlingham GOLF FOOTBALL Year 9 Ellen Yates has been busy this At the District Football Cup finals this summer representing both Surrey and the year, we had two teams qualify: our Year 11 South of England. At the National School boys and our Under 14 girls. In the Under Finals played at Sherwood Forest, Ellen 14 girls’ final against Winston Churchill, finished sixth in the Under 18 girls; she has we made a fantastic start and took an early now been selected to represent England lead through a superb goal from Humnah Under 18s against Scotland in September Mahmoood. For much of the first half we in Troon. looked the better side and took a 2 – 1 lead into the interval following our second goal At the recent Surrey Schools scored skilfully by Jess Connors. Despite Championships hosted at Addington some outstanding performances by our Palace, Croydon Year 8 Joshua Gates GB Climbing Success: girls, the opposition upped their game and performed extremely well and finished in the final score was a 3 – 2 win for Winston third place overall on the net scores. Rhys Conlon finished 11th in Europe’s Churchill. Megna Amin was awarded premier climbing competition for U14s player of the match. Sadly, the Year 11 boys - the European Youth Colours in Imst game has not been played due to the GCSE Austria representing the GB climbing exams. team last weekend. 11th is now his current European ranking and he finished as top TENNIS ranked Briton. Following this at the British Year 10 Boys District Doubles success Under 14 Bouldering Championships held at Harrow, Rhys won his first National At the District Tennis Double title. His next event is the Flatlander championships, we were well represented. International in Arnhem in July. Our Year 10 boys, Zain Moolji and Prithvi Ramesh, won all five games in becoming Finally, congratulations to everyone who District champions. Our Year 10 girls’ team has represented the school in any sport and of Charlotte Hamilton and Lilia Wada also to all parents for their support. We were second as were our Year 7 girls’ team have had another exceptional year. Well who consisted of Francesca Sage and Lara done! Milligan. J Justice, Director of Sport

14 Day 11 VI

WHAT AN ACTIVE SURREY PARA a quick lunch in the shade of the marquee WEDNESDAY SAW THE GAMES for our VI and SEND students! before an impromptu mini-session on the PENULTIMATE DAY 11 of 2018/19 trikes and bikes allowed the VI students Surrey Para Games is now in its sixth year with many Year 7s on camp. Those to let off steam. They loved the speed and and is open to all Surrey school children in school took part in a variety of excitement riding a bike can bring. The final in Years 7 to 10 with Special Educational different school based activities. Year activity was cricket, building on the skills needs and disabilities. Participants are 8s focused on code breaking – some learnt in school with professional trainers on allocated three different sports to trial with visiting Bletchley Park, others working hand to provide one-to-one tuition. in Maths gained an insight into World professionals on hand to support and advise. War 2 code breaking and the work Having listened to the welcome and S Lock, Head of Visual Impairment Unit of Alan Turing and his colleagues to introductions by Jeremy Hunt MP, GBR crack the German Enigma machine. Kayaker Chris Carson and Paralympian Across two sessions, students solved Rachel Morris MBE, Woking High students problems involving Caesar shifts, started the day with Sitting Volleyball. Keyword and Vigenere ciphers before Professional trainers and sports leaders putting all of their skills into practice supported our students to build their skills with a “Murder Mystery” activity in and accuracy in a variety of activities, the Maths department. leading to two games. Boccia was the next Yet more ‘code breaking’ language activity, again requiring accuracy as well translations took place with students as patience and tactics to succeed. We had helping to dub Disney films! In the afternoon there was a Drama visit to see Annie at the New Victoria Theatre. Our Year 9 ASDAN group spent the VI Sports Day day at Wisley, whilst the majority of the year group spent half of Day THE VI SPECIALIST CENTRE held which was all the more entertaining as 11 in Science, where they found out a Sports Day focussing on VI skill the teachers took part as well.” about the challenging conditions an development and achievement. All astronaut might encounter on Mars. Joshua Brennand Y10 “I really enjoyed students gave outstanding performances They then designed and carried out the whole thing. It was brilliant to be in a variety of activities and races, an experiment to identify the best able to take part in Sports Day” demonstrating skill and enthusiasm, as material to use to make the astronaut’s can be seen from the student quotes: Humna Hussain Y8 “I really enjoyed spacesuit. The other half of the day sports day because I got involved. My was spent on PE activities. Year 10 Madiha Hussain Y10 “The VI Sports favourite part was the running races statistics students had immersion Day at Woking High School consisted of because I got to race along with the sessions prior to their GCSE. All many events including boccia, shot-put, teachers.” others seized the chance to participate football, a tennis-style egg-and-spoon in an intensive study day on their race, long jump, sprinting and long- Oscar King Y7 “This week at VI Sports Shakespeare text, Romeo and Juliet. distance running - a much more active Day I got to try a range of activities morning compared to sitting around and it was fun. I felt exhilarated by the The final Day 11 of the year was on on the field waiting for any exciting running race as I was able to prove how 9th July. We had a really exciting commentary. I especially enjoyed the last well I can do it” new Science based visit for Year few activities where we were all running, 7, where students designed and S Lock, Head of Visual Impairment Unit carried out investigations into the factors influencing the properties and components of an ecosystem, and testing their hypothesis. In addition, they took part in a team building orienteering task in the forest at Alice Holt Farnham. Year 8s students had the opportunity to visit the Globe Theatre, while Year 9 were building and firing catapults in a joint DT and History venture!

M Abbs-Rowe, Assistant Headteacher

15 House News

IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING AND BUSY TERM for the House Team. At the end of May, sixty four students took part in the annual three-legged, fancy dress, House Fun Run. The students went to great lengths with their fancy dress and the onlookers enjoyed watching them negotiate the obstacles. An incredible £1224 was raised for Woking Hospice with Brunel House raising £714 and winning the overall event. Well done Brunel - what an amazing effort. The annual DodgeBall and Tug of War events took place over two weeks July and were very well attended with teams from Years 7, 8 and 9 battling it out to be The final House event of the year took overall House Champions. Well done to house champions. The results were as place on Monday 15th July – Sports Day. all Curie House members and a special follows: The scores were very close heading into congratulations to Head of Curie, DODGEBALL Sports Day with 3 of the 4 houses having Mrs King, who has been a fantastic Year 7 less than 100 housepoints between them! House leader. I would like to take this 1st Curie 500 HP Curie were in the strongest position with opportunity to say a massive thank you a 2000+ housepoint lead so they were the to Mrs King for all her hard work and Year 8 clear favourites; however, as each house contribution to Curie and the House 1st Brunel 500 HP has an opportunity to gain 3200 on Sports system over the years. We wish you the Year 9 Day, any house was in the running! very best on your next adventure – you 1st Stephenson 500 HP will be greatly missed. The Sports Day results were as follows: TUG OF WAR 1st Faraday 2600 HP The Final House scores are as follows: Year 7 2nd Brunel 2000 HP 1st Curie 38,256 1st Curie 500 HP 3rd Stephenson 1800HP 2nd Faraday 36,625 Year 8 3rd Stephenson 36,537 1st Stephenson 500HP 4th Curie 1600HP 4th Brunel 36,425 Year 9 Despite finishing 4th on Sports Day, Curie 1st Faraday 500 HP held onto their lead and were crowned C Gregory, Head of House System

16 Curriculum Challenge

ON ONE OF THE WETTEST JUNE DAYS ON RECORD, our intrepid Year 7s embarked on the annual Curriculum Challenge. In keeping with the theme of “challenge”, Year 7s took the weather in their stride. The purpose of the camp was to challenge the students physically, mentally and socially through completing a number of problem-solving and team building activities, for which points were awarded. Students developed many of the Woking High School character traits, including resilience and responsibility. All of the students rose to the challenges offered and didn’t seem to mind the early morning starts, washing up or getting wet and muddy! They also experienced the forest at night, where night hikes were combined with the teachers’ favourite ghost stories! All the staff involved agreed that it was a pleasure to take such an enthusiastic and committed group of students.

P Costard, Head of PE

Newquay Adventure Tour

OVER THE BANK HOLIDAY time relaxing on the beach, watching the We couldn’t be more thankful for this WEEKEND 24th-28th May, eighty six sunset. The massive water park was one exhilarating experience.” Year 8 students, accompanied by nine of our many highlights and everyone had members of staff (BGoosen, O Bland, a super time! To round off our trip, we A Cox and M Muralidharan, Year 8 C Hewitt, L Lynch, D Wakely, B Young, had an amazing disco that we all loved. Students M Poulter, C Bean, S Smith), made their way to Newquay for a weekend of outdoor activities. “Newquay was such an amazing experience. We loved all of the activities! From surfing to team building activities, we had so much fun. Our personal favourite was coasteering, where we faced our fears and explored the magnificent caves. The team taught us so much and we can’t thank them enough. We had the time of our life! Our fun didn’t stop there, we had a great

17 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Mock Magistrates THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER BUSY followed by a further 10kms on the YEAR for the Duke of Edinburgh’s second day. 79 participants completed (DofE) Award at Woking High School this expedition successfully and I am with Year 9 completing their Bronze very proud of them.. expeditions and Year 10 completing their The Year 10 cohort have been working Silver expeditions. hard on their Silver Award, having During March we took the Bronze completed their Bronze Award last year. participants out for a navigation practice Their practice expedition took place in morning at Newlands Corner; this gave the New Forest where we happily shared them an introduction to navigating using our campsite with ponies, donkeys and a map and a compass and an opportunity cows! Even storm Hannah was unable to wear-in their walking boots. to dampen our spirits. The assessed expedition on the South Downs, with The Year 9s made the most of Day 11 glorious views of the sea, was completed activities by practising their camp craft successfully with all participants meeting skills, learning how to put up tents in the conditions laid down by DofE. very windy conditions and cook using a Trangia, they soon realised that some The next task is for all participants to SATURDAY, 18TH MAY, saw the meals cook better than others on a complete their Awards, by finishing Magistrates’ Mock Trial team travelled camping stove! the Volunteering, Skill and Physical to the South East Regional Finals in sections, so that there can be a great Chelmsford, Essex. Having won the In June, eighty four Year 9 students celebration next year. Surrey Heat, Woking High students, took part in their Practice Expedition on along with 7 other teams, met at the the North Downs in Surrey. This was E King, Duke of Edinburgh Award Crown Courts to compete for a place at a successful expedition and proved to Scheme Manager. the National Finals. The case centred be a good grounding for the assessed on an alleged assault of a taxi driver expedition, particularly for those who and Lily Hallam and Tatiana Neeson needed to polish up their navigation successfully defended ‘Charlie Smith’ skills! The badgers of Bentley Copse (aka Ollie Strong) in the first round, campsite were particularly tenacious supported by Amelie Wilson-Rivers as this year; one was caught removing a defence witness. Josh Ford, our court rucksack from a tent! This was soon usher, ensured the smooth running of followed by the Assessed Expedition in the case. When Amnah Dar and Lily July. On the first day, the participants Harris led the case for the prosecution, walked in their groups for approx. 15kms evidence given by Erin Fitzgibbon (the to a campsite in Sixpenny Handley, aggrieved taxi driver) and Lidewine Saris convinced all seven magistrates that the defendant was indeed guilty. Our magistrates, Anya Treat, Alex Heeney and Joni Dervishi, were given guidance on the points of law by Tom Heggberg, the legal advisor. Copies of Adam Ahmed’s court report and Eva Beeharry’s sketches (court artist) will be sent to Young Citizens, the education charity that runs this competition. Although we did not win this heat, everyone in the team gave an excellent performance and should be congratulated for their achievement.

V Thomas, Teacher of History

18 You ng Carers Angel Award

WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED AN ‘ANGEL AWARD’ from Surrey Young Carers in recognition of all the care and support that WHS provides to its Young Carers in the school. We are the first Secondary School in the NW area of Surrey to be awarded this and we are very proud to have achieved this. Mr Branagan, one of our School Governors, came to receive the award as he has been a long standing supporter of our Young Carers THE YOUNG CARERS GROUP fairground rides, a disco, face painting, group. has continued to meet on a Thursday farm animals, sideshows, a BBQ and lunchtime in the Wellbeing Centre, much more. It was a wonderful day this term’s activities have included and provided the Young Carers with a attempting origami, making slime and welcome break from their caring roles. creating keyrings with the Young Carer If your child is a Young Carer and we Ambassadors from Surrey University. are not currently aware of this please do On the 12th of June a group of 10 let your child’s Head of Year know and Young Carers went to Aldershot Rugby they can be invited to join the group in Club to take part in a ‘Kids Out Day’ September. organised by the Rotary Club. The day was full of free, fun activities including H Taylor, Wellbeing Co-ordinator Asdan

IN JANUARY 2019 a group of six Year 9s “It’s fun, it looks after my wellbeing and I were selected to do Asdan, a curriculum find it great to talk to the teachers and work development programme to enable young with others close to me.” people to develop skills for learning, work “I find it the best as well as being able to and life. The lucky six were: Connor, Cozy, enjoy school with the ability to do fun stuff Ewan, Carter, Billy and Mohamed. like building and gardening.” Within the project, they have made posters, information leaflets and a great S Bannister, Send Department colourful allotment with things to help the environment. We also had opportunities to visit Wisely Gardens for the day and Squires Garden Centre to buy and then re- sell pots we made. How we all felt about doing Asdan: “It’s the best.” “I got an email saying I have the opportunity to join it and I happily took it and it was a great choice because it’s so fun and good for my wellbeing.” “I find Asdan great and every session is different from the last.”

19 Arête Partnership

THE ARÊTE PARTNERSHIP was POETRY COMPETITION: established with Gordon’s School Matthew Rayner Year 9, was the joint in June 2015, reflecting the school’s winner with a Gordon’s student; Louisa development aim of improving Akohene, Year 8, was runner up and Zac collaboration and contribution between Silverton in Year 7, came 3rd. Overall Woking High School and other winners were Woking High School! schools. The partnership is centred on: developing practice, combining student CHESS: events and training and enterprise. A very intense evening of strategic thinking and problem solving saw Woking Throughout the Summer term there have High School crowned winners in the been a number of competitions, and our annual chess competition in June. students have performed extremely well! ATHLETICS: Testa, Alice Claxton, Emma Twiston- DEBATING: Davis and Jack Elliot were given the task Sixty of our students competed in the Two of our Year 10 students went of promoting a chosen city as the next Arête Athletics competition at Gordon’s. head-to-head against Gordon’s School host of the Olympic Games. The competition was extremely closely debaters in the annual Arête Debating contested. Gordons won overall, thanks With a choice of 10 cities, they decided Competition. The motion this year was: largely to greater numbers. Woking High on Buenos Aires. Set with the task ‘Monuments to controversial historic actually won 18 of the 32 individual of developing and promoting every figures should remain’, and Charlotte events. Please see team and individual aspect of the games from the logo to the Joos and Abigail Shameen gave some results below: mascots, the venues to the merchandise, excellent arguments in opposition. The the events to the opening ceremony. judge commented that the Woking High Team scores: The students approached the task with School students were particularly strong Gordon’s 227 one thing in mind: Equality. Everyone in their rebuttal skills and that their was included and all were equal. After exploration of the topic was done with a Woking High 189 a day’s prep, the students from both level of detail that went far beyond what Individual winners : schools had 6 minutes to present to 3 she would expect from GCSE students. Year 7 Boys local business leaders invited to judge Unfortunately, we lost by a few points; the competition. Woking High went however, congratulations to both Abigail Joseph Walters 100m and 200m first and delivered a very professional, and Charlotte for their enthusiasm, hard Jiyah Kapotwe 300m and 800m well thought out, well-structured and work and effort. Year 7 Girls eloquent pitch that wowed the judges. Laura Kersley 100m and 200m Gordon’s had a hard task following that and despite a great presentation, it wasn’t Bella Hornzee 800m enough. The judges spoke highly of how Year 8 Girls our students performed and especially Hayley McLoughlin 100m highlighted the equality and eco-friendly games they had put together in such a Lizzie Chapman 200m and 300m short time. Congratulations to the team - Year 8 Boys a well-deserved victory. Teddy Gannon 200m and 300m Following a 4-4 campaign, Gordon’s Year 10 Girls retain the Arête Cup as existing holders. This is the closest Woking Poppy Hargreaves 100m High School have come in the overall Girls Emma Harris 800m competition, and we are very proud of Year 10 Boys how our students are rising to all of the challenges and getting closer to being Matthew King 100m and 200m overall champions every year. Charlie Terry 300m Chris Baker 800m R Powderly, Arête Co-ordinator INTER-SCHOOL BUSINESS In July, five Year 8 students went to Gordon’s, taking on their best and brightest at business and won! Carla Manning, Noah

20 School Careers Council IT’S BEEN A BUSY AND VARIED Work experience interview with Bethany TERM with regards to careers education Partridge - Year 10 THE STUDENT VOICE has been very for all our students at Woking High. active this term. In May, a selection of Work experience role: Animal Keeper at Council members were invited by Mr Year 8 went to the exciting STEAM Amazon World on the Isle of Wight. Festival at the and Crowley to give feedback on a variety What were your duties? Looking after Years 7 and 8 were inspired by the BAE of school initiatives. Discussion focused the general care of the animals including Roadshow. on Awards and Sanctions, the Tutor prepping food and cleaning. Programme, PSHE, and the new Mobile Year 10 have had much exposure to post What was the best part of your week? Phone Policy. Students were forthcoming 16 education this term including bespoke Getting a really good overview of what with their ideas and views, and the session visits to both and goes on behind the scenes. My week was was very useful. In the School Council Woking College for brilliant taster days. Meeting in June, students were visited by on a rota basis and I got to work in areas Mr Crowley and Mr Scott so that they were Our Year 10 students have also worked such as mammals, birds, lemurs and lastly able to raise their ideas on matters such as extremely hard to source placements for nocturnal animals. their work experience week which ran from Achievement Points, Road Safety, Mental What did you learn? I learnt that it’s a the 8th-12th July. Health and Recycling. Mr Crowley and Mr physically and emotionally demanding role Scott were able to inform students about This year the placements were even more and leaving the animals at the end of the how their ideas were being listened to and varied than ever and students were lucky week was really difficult, but even so I still what actions are being taken in response. enough to work with employers such as the really enjoyed the week. Focus in the meeting was then placed on charity RNLI, design engineers, a London What are your future careers plans? I the re-launch of the Student Voice for the children’s hospital, brand development and would love to be a vet or an animal keeper. next academic year. Council members marketing, construction, aviation, sports reviewed the resources that they created in and leisure, education, banking and a Best piece of advice? Try to do some work their previous meeting, as well as explored whole host of other industries. experience as well as going to college. I possible marketing strategies to promote also learnt that places such as Amazon interest in each of the Councils. In addition World offer apprenticeships. this term, Core Council members were invited to attend a Restaurant Review C Jarman, Careers Coordinator with the Restaurant Manager, the Senior District Catering Manager, Mrs Wilson and Mr Scott. The students were able to address some of the feedback raised at Year Council and Full School Council Character Award meetings regarding costings, as well as reduction in the use of plastic packaging. Furthermore, they were invited to share RESPECT COURTESY their views on menus, water stations, and Year 7 - Peter Heeney Year 7 - Ava-Lynn Belcher a rewards system. The meeting prompted Year 8 - Xavier Ippolito Year 8 - Elliott Bagchi, James Bourne the idea of requesting that all form groups Year 9 - Maddie Grainger Leuan Cannell complete a questionnaire reflecting on Year 10 -Nora Belkiter Year 9 - Francesca Cockell the issues raised, so that it is possible Year 11 - Hannah Jackson Year 10 - Alex Loader to get more in-depth feedback from the Year 11 - Lewis Wight Student Voice regarding the Restaurant INTEGRITY provision. Following on from this meeting, Year 7 - Afifa Hussain RESPONSIBILITY the Senior District Catering Manager Year 8 - Amy Rolfe Year 7 - Lara Milligan contacted Woking High School saying Year 9 - Rosemary Duncan Year 8 - Jess Manly how impressed she was with the Core Year 10 - Georgia Grant Year 9 - Ryan Boxall Councillors, and that we should be proud Year 11 - Sasha Lewis Year 10 -Sadia Hossain of how they represented the school so RESILIENCE ENTHUSIASM maturely. The students have been a credit to the school this year in Student Voice Year 7 - Harry Hampton Year 7 - Max Togher activities, and it has been delightful to see Year 8 - Ellie Heggberg Year 8 - Dylan Campbell the students grow in confidence to share Year 9 - Lucy Wyatt Year 9 - Kieran Innes their views. Year 10 -Kieron Lansdell Year 10 -Matthew Szarvas Year 11 - Georgia Ratcliff K Wilson, Head of Student Voice A Strong, Teacher of PE

21 FoWHS

The Summer Friends of Woking High School meeting was packed to the seams, with both old and new faces. It gave us the opportunity to thank Mrs Abbott for her leadership of Woking High School and a presentation of a gift and some flowers was made. Fund Raising Activities in the Summer Term We raised money via various fund raisers. We held an Easter Tombola at the school. The star prize was a lovely soft cuddly bunny (the toy variety). After an exhausting break and lunchtime, our enthusiastic band of volunteers raised £252.67. This is being doubled again outdoor space for the students to socialise If you are interested in finding out more thanks to the HSBC Matched funding and eat regardless of the weather. The area about the Friends of Woking High School scheme. will be covered with a canopy and Woking or signing up for the Prize Club or Give Swimathon – October 2019 High School have asked the Friends to as You Live, please contact us at fowhs@ As you know we received £2,000 last raise funds to help purchase four heavy wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk or see the term from the Honda Trident and Woking duty recycled plastic picnic benches. Friends of Woking High School Section on Rotary Swimathon, and, as the students the school website. We hope to meet this target, through parent had such a great time participating, the and friend donations, plus gift aid. • Remember the Prize Club not only Friends have organised our entry into the raises money for the Friends but event on Sunday 13th October 2019. We If we should raise more than the target you can also win money. The more once again have booked for seven teams the additional donations will be held by people in the Prize Club the higher the and have got a time slot of 10 am. We will Friends of Woking High School for future winnings. be asking for teams at the beginning of requests from the school to enhance the new school year. We have a reputation student learning. Any shortfall of the • Download the Give as You Live toolbar to uphold now as Woking High School target will be met as far as possible by the or shop via Amazon Smile – when you are event record holders for the number existing funds held by the Friends. shop online, the school benefits without of lengths swum. Although we will not costing you a penny. This appeal will run to the end of July be one of the charities this year, the event 2019. Our target is to raise £1,531. Our next meeting will be the Annual supports local charities, so we are keen to General Meeting held on Tuesday 24th carry on supporting it. Details to follow in Any donation of any amount is welcome, September 7pm. Please do come along, it September. so please give generously! If every parent will be lovely to see you. We are also on contributed £1, we would meet our target Flash Fund Raiser Facebook so please like our page “Friends and more! Thanks to everyone who has Over the 2019 school summer holidays, of Woking High School” and keep up-to- donated so far. Woking High School is creating a new date with our activities Please donate at www.totalgiving.co.uk/ The Friends have been awarded a one-off appeal/fowhs-benches capital grant of 50% of the costs up to How have we helped the school this £15,000 from Woking Borough Council term? (toward the refurbishment of a DT room to become a Computer Technology Resource Food and Nutrition - Heavy Duty Aprons at WHS). The school has advised us that and Electronic Kitchen Weighing Scales the works are planned for the 2019 summer Geography - Easi-View Visualiser holidays, ready for the students when they Donation to the Prom return to school in September 2019. Piano Cover for the Grand Piano Thanks for your support and have a lovely SEND Gardening Project and Exam summer Reader Pens L Bostock-Cross, J Sutherland and J Rolfe, Here is how you can contribute to the Friends of Woking High School and help [email protected] us fund even more

22 Jane Abbott Interview

Q. Where do you see Woking High in 10 Q. Favourite musician? years? A. Kelly Jones, Stereophonics. A. I would love to see Woking High right Q. Favourite heroes of fiction? at the top of the league tables, I would like to see it continue to thrive. I would like to A. Jane Eyre. see investment in our school, a massive Q. Your Favourite characters in History? investment in our facilities so that they are A. The Black Prince state of the art. Q. What do you regard as the lowest Q. What has been your greatest challenge depth of misery? as Headteacher? A. Being without those you love. A. It has varied over the years, the challenge in the early years was to build Q. Favourite virtue? that self-belief and self-worth, since then, A. Honesty, the challenges have been largely created Q. Proudest achievement? by those outside, so financial challenges, staffing, always getting the best staff we A. Personally, my family – professionally, DURING HER LAST WEEK AT possibly can. being Headteacher of Woking High WOKING HIGH SCHOOL, Mrs Abbott School. Q. How would you describe a student took time out to speak to Mr Scott to under your Headship? Q. What do you most value in your share her thoughts and experiences of friends? her 13 years as Headteacher, and the A. Confident, mature, outgoing, someone qualities that make up her personality. who tries their best, not necessarily the top A. Loyalty and enjoying shared performer, but somebody who has really memories. Q. What has been your proudest performed at least as well, or better, than Q. Favourite colour achievement at WHS? they thought they would. Humble, shows A. Black. A. Leading the school and working with the qualities that are our characteristics, others in a team to bring the school to gets involved, somebody who will get on Q. Favourite flower the point where we are now; a great and help out and do it because they want to A. Lily of the Valley school. A Headteacher colleague said rather than because somebody is watching. that WHS is renowned for excellent Q. Favourite bird Q. How would you describe a Woking academic results but it is far, far, more A. Swallow. High School member of staff under your than that. It is providing students with a Headship? Q. Favourite poet wealth of opportunities so they can be successful in life. A. Absolutely committed to teaching and A. G M Hopkins someone who goes the extra mile for the Q. What do you most dislike? Q. What has been the biggest change students, someone who loves their subject, A. Lack of honesty, lack of owning up since 2006? someone who is always wanting to improve when you have done something wrong. A. Encouraging a belief in the greatness and develop. of the school, I think when I came, Q. What natural gift you would like to Q. What are your future plans? people did not believe we could be where possess? A. Lots of travel, some consultancy work we are now. A. To be artistic and maybe going back to university to get Q. What hasn’t changed? another qualification. Q. What is your motto? A. The welcome, family feel, the care Q. Any regrets? A. If a job’s worth doing, it is worth staff take of all students. doing well. A. No, just things I haven’t had time to do. Q. What advice would you give to a new There’s so much to do in this life. Headteacher? Q. Finally, what 3 words would you want to A. Treasure the community, the be used to describe you as a Headteacher commitment of the staff and the positivity at WHS? of the students. This has been forged and won, through a lot of hard work and time A. Understated, involved, positive. and effort by everybody. It is easy to take Q. Favourite painter? that for granted, and it is very easy to A. Vermeer. lose that. Also, don’t be afraid to ask for support, help and advice.

23 Pastoral / Attendance PARKING

Could we please remind all parents/ AS THE SCHOOL YEAR DRAWS TO out on 1 full year’s education. carers that safe parking in and around AN END, we are extremely proud of our our school site is incredibly important in We are proud that the majority of students at Woking High School for their order to safeguard our students. Many of our students maintain their excellent continued excellent attendance throughout our students walk and cycle to and from attendance and arrive at school each day the year. As a team, we continue to work school and this can be dangerous if cars punctually. If your child is struggling to very hard to support our students and are parked in such a way that they either maintain excellent attendance, please don’t parents to maintain or improve attendance obstruct access or prevent clear sight hesitate to make contact with their form so they have the best chance of reaching lines. Please respect the parking signs tutor, head of year or pastoral co-ordinator their full academic potential. There is a and restrictions, and do not park on the who will be able to offer you support and strong link between a student’s attendance double yellow or zig-zag lines on Morton guidance. and their academic achievement – a student Road. Please can we also request that who has attendance at 80% or under over S Bond, Safeguarding and Inclusion you are courteous to local residents and their 5 years in secondary school will miss Officer avoid parking over driveway entrances.

Alumni LEAVE OF ABSENCE

SARAH HILLS (2015) Degree BA in Film Production at the If parents take their child out of school Completed sixth form studies at Woking University of South Wales. Since last without the Headteacher’s approval, this College. Now studying Zoology at the summer, she has been working as a Floor will be viewed as an unauthorized leave . Runner on various TV shows, including of absence and may result in a Penalty The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, Notice. Penalty Notices are issued by BLANE MILLER (2015) Catastrophe, EastEnders, Birds of a Feather the Local Authority for unauthorised Graduated 2019 from RAF officer college and the upcoming Alan Partridge Show. leave of absence for 5 days or more. and has taken up a posting as a Pilot Penalty Notices are issued per parent Officer at RAF Northolt. LAURA JONES (2009) per child and the amount due is £60.00 Graduated 2014 - 2:1 BA History from SAM COLLETT (2013) if paid within 21 days, rising to £120.00 Canterbury Christ Church University. After Graduated 2019 - Masters in Maths at if paid between 21 and 28 days. If the two years post grad in the UK, she moved Durham University and has now started Penalty Notice remains unpaid after 28 to Sydney to work for Google. Currently work with an accountancy firm in London. days, the Local Authority must consider manages the relationship between Google, a prosecution in the Magistrates Court. LAUREN BROWN (2012) YouTube and Australia’s biggest FMCG Please see our website for full details of After studying A-levels at Woking College, advertisers. our Attendance Policy. graduated with a First Class Honours

TERM DATES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/20 AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER 5 September 2019 - 19 December 2019 6 January 2020 - 3 April 2020 20 April 2020 - 22 July 2020 HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM 28 October 2019 - 1 November 2019 17 February 2020 - 21 February 2020 25 May 2020 - 29 May 2020

INSET DAYS 3 September 2019 4 September 2019 4th November 2019 6th January 2020 28th February 2020 26th June 2020

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Headteacher: Jane Abbott

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