Friday 22nd April 2016 Issue 28 Contact Details Reception: 01625 526191 Attendance: 01625 441089 Sixth Form Attendance: 01625 441070 Second hand uniform shop: 07807 070468 KS4 & 5 Presentation Evening On Wednesday 20th April, 87 of our Key Stage 4 & 5 students Community Liaison: collected awards for their outstanding efforts and achievements at 01625 444159 Wilmslow High School. Students received prizes for a wide variety of curriculum subjects School lettings: including the arts, sciences, humanities and sports. Students also 01625 441053 received prizes for outstanding contributions to other aspects of school life including innovation, community and charity events, the Young Enterprise Scheme and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. High Notes highnotes@wilmslow Students were nominated by their teachers and tutors, having high.cheshire.sch.uk demonstrated excellent effort and attainment throughout the academic year. Commitment to their subjects, willingness to help others and ‘going the extra mile’ were prominent themes throughout the ceremony. The event was attended by over 100 parents and family members, @wilmslowhigh who were all inevitably very proud and supportive of their children’s endeavours. The evening provided an excellent opportunity to celebrate students’ successes and was enjoyed by all. wilmslowhigh.com 1 2 NEWS G8way Styal Prison Pre-Visit Workshop On Tuesday PC Stanton from Cheshire Police visited Wilmslow High School to work with students from Knutsford Academy, Poynton High School and Wilmslow High School on a G8way strategy. Students were given the opportunity to play the role of a radio controller, prioritise offences and discuss case studies in preparation for the visit to Styal Prison on Monday 25th April. This will give them the opportunity to experience a tailored tour of the prison and the chance to talk to inmates about their experiences and what life is really like. Action on Hearing Loss Last week we supported Action on Hearing Loss, a charity that helps people with hearing loss. As we have a hearing impaired resource base and a number of other students in school who wear hearing aids and cochlear implants, it was a great ‘Risking it All’ - G8way 2Engage Theatre opportunity to raise some money for a Company deserving cause. 2Engage Theatre Company visited the Handforth Youth Centre to work with students We ran a cake and biscuit sale, where from Knutsford Academy, Poynton High the biscuits were shaped like hands. We School and Wilmslow High School on a G8way thought this was a great idea as it showed Strategy in staging an interactive performance that sign language is a great skill to have. on their well-known and acclaimed tour; We managed to raise £67.14 and everyone ‘Risking it All’. The workshop aimed to: seemed to enjoy eating the delicious home- made biscuits! • Raise awareness about the importance of being safe online. The week finished on a high with a staff • Show the consequences of ‘sexting’ and vs students rounders match, in which the social media misuse. students beat the staff convincingly. The • Present real case studies on sexual staff have challenged the winning team to exploitation and inappropriate a re-match during Deaf Awareness week in relationships. May! • Address substance and drug misuse. • Highlight routes for support and advice for Thanks to everyone involved and, of course, young people. to those who made sure that there were no • Engage young people in deciding the fate biscuits left! of each character G8way Coordinator, Mrs Clarke said that both events gave students from all three schools the opportunity to work together positively and explore life choice pathways interactively in addressing quite challenging topics and themes. 3 Petty Pool 2016 On Monday 18th April thirteen lucky students departed on a one night residential adventure to Petty Pool outdoor centre. The students had the opportunity to be involved in a variety of activities including climbing wall, archery, zip wire and team building exercises. They even did a forest walk and had the opportunity to meet some small farm animals. Every single student showed an exceptional amount of determination and courage. Chloe Ward, a student with restricted mobility, took on the challenge of the climbing wall. Oliver Conway, despite his fear of the zip wire, braved it and loved it! These are just two examples of the superb courage demonstrated on this highly thrilling, albeit exhausting, residential visit. The students even had some time in the evening for dancing, singing and ‘chilling’ whilst drinking hot chocolate and watching a movie, needless to say, they went straight to sleep that night! Well done to all of the students and staff involved, now to start planning the next visit… To see more photographs of the visit please follow Whigh_skills on twitter! 4 Seren Bundy Davies visit answered questions, Ex Wilmslow High student ranging from her diet to Seren Bundy Davies, is the dedication it takes to hoping to compete in the compete against the best in Rio Olympics in the 400m the world. We heard about individual and relay events Seren’s perseverance after a this summer. She took time fall on the final bend in a race out of her busy training schedule to speak in Sheffield and how it made her stronger with students and staff about training, and more determined to set a PB only a few nutrition and the many sacrifices that must be weeks later. made on the road to Rio. Our AS and A2 PE students had the Year 9 girls were treated to an inspiring opportunity for an ‘in-depth’ question and and thought provoking assembly. Seren answer session. Types of training, recovery, was always an all–round sports performer, supplements and sponsorship delays were however it was an outstanding cross -country some of the topics discussed. We received an performance in Year 6 that sparked something insight into her pre race regime in Beijing and in this unknown talent. how it felt to run in the Bird’s Nest Stadium. Wilmlsow High offered Seren a continuous It was an extraordinary day, a real opportunity supply of sporting competitions both within for the Wilmlsow High School community to PE lessons and through the ‘Sports-Xtra’ embrace the journey of this talented athlete. programme. Relishing these opportunities she played hockey, football and competed at the Seren recognises that the road to Rio is not Macclesfield & District and Cheshire County a straight one but is willing to work hard and Athletics events before breaking into English deal with the bumps along the way and all of School’s. Wilmslow High School are supporting her in this process. Speaking with ease and confidence, Seren 5 NOTES Year 9 Science exam Last week all students in Year 9 shold have received a letter regarding the science QCA Key Stage 3 National Curriculum Assessments (SATS) examination to be held in the Sports Hall on Tuesday 26th April 2016 during their period 5 and 6 science lessons. Click here to view letter: http://www.wilmslowhigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Year-9-SATs-v2.pdf This will provide the science team with an opportunity to measure progress across Key Stage 3 from Year 7 to Year 9. All students are encouraged to prepare for this thoroughly by revising using exercise books, revision guides and practising examination technique by using previous QCA Key Stage 3 National Curriculum Assessment papers and mark schemes from the internet. Key Stage 3 revision guides are available to buy from PrintWorks for £4.00. Exam Thursdays If your son or daughter is interested We know that for some of in using Exam Thursdays in any of our students exam nerves their subjects, they need to speak to or poor exam technique their subject teacher. can get in the way of their performance on the day. Therefore, in the run up to the exam season we are putting on Exam Thursdays. Exam Thursday dates available These are an opportunity for Year 11, 12 and Thursday 28th April 13 students who want it, to get more exam *Wednesday 4th May practice before the real thing by booking Thursday 12th May themselves in for an extra exam. Students Thursday 19th May can do this on as few or as many of the Exam Thursday 26th May Thursdays as they wish. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Year 11 study leave As you may be aware, Year 11 students are no longer granted formal study leave in line with new statutory guidance. However, a significant number of GCSE examinations will be taking place before the half term break. For further details, and the full GCSE examination timetable, please see the school website www.wilmslowhigh.com Students will therefore be expected to attend school until Thursday 26th May and will continue with normal timetabled lessons until this date. We are unable to grant permission for study leave before this time. After half term (week commencing 6th June) students can revise at home and are only required to attend school to sit examinations or organised revision sessions. 6 Dance Show Students from Year 7 to Year 11 will be performing in Wilmslow High School’s annual dance show on Thursday 28th April at 7pm in the main hall. The show will be an exciting showcase of work which has been developed in extra curricular dance clubs and also a presentation of examination pieces from GCSE dance students. Tickets are available from school and are priced at £5 adults and £4 for concessions. Please email swestern@wilmslowhigh. cheshire.sch.uk. for further information. 7 CALENDAR Week commencing 25th April 2016 Day/date Time Venue Activity Monday 25th April 4.30pm - 5.30pm Main Hall Wilmslow