WILMSLOW HIGH SCHOOL The pursuit of excellence for every student, every day SUMMER 2019 ISSUE Autumn 2018 Issue HIGH NOTES SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS A summary of our weekly newsletter 'High Notes' for the months of May to July HIGH NOTES SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS elcome to this third issue of High Notes Highlights, a snapshot of students' participation and Wperformances in a wide range of activities and events over the past term. Students' engagement in our Whole Curriculum was one of a number of strengths highlighted in the recent Ofsted inspection: "Pupils have opportunities to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities to develop their sporting, artistic and musical skills. The ‘wider curriculum’ offer fulfills its aims of developing the whole child. Other activities for pupils ensure that they develop a sense of responsibility towards their community and society. The school’s vision to be at the ‘heart of the community’ is fulfilled well through extensive partnership work." We believe that the importance of a strong Whole Curriculum lies in its ability to broaden and strengthen the minds of our young people. We hope that our engaging and rich curriculum will fully equip all of our students with the knowledge, skills and qualities that they will need, in order to flourish in the modern world, as resilient, thoughtful and contributing citizens of the future. This year's 39 issues of High Notes detail just how many enriching opportunities are available to every student, every day; our challenge as teachers is to ensure that every student makes the very most of their Wilmslow experience, on their journey to becoming well-rounded, young people of character. I wish you all an enjoyable and relaxing summer break Mr M Vincent Assistant Headteacher IN THIS ISSUE 4. The Whole Curriculum 5. Leadership & Service 6 & 7. Enquiry & Communication 8. Community 9. Respect 10-13. Sports-Xtra 14. Arts-Xtra 15. Wellbeing 16 & 17. Educational Visits Xtra 18 & 19 Aspirations 20 & 21. Sports Days 22 & 23. Expedition THE WHOLE CURRICULUM STUDENTS PARTICIPATING FULLY AND PERFORMING HIGHLY IN ALL THREE PARTS OF OUR CURRICULUM + + WILMSLOW WAY + FORMAL CURRICULUM + WIDER CURRICULUM = LEADERSHIP & SERVICE 'Be a role model and empower others' DUKE OF EDINBURGH ............................................................................................................................... YEAR 7 GOLD AWARD CEREMONY TRANSITION Nine of WHS’s current and ex-students attended their DofE WHS welcomed its new cohort Gold awards ceremony in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. of Year 7 students, with over 345 A huge congratulations to them all – the culmination of many hours of volunteering, improving a skill and a physical activity students joining us earlier this and successfully being self-sufficient on a four-day expedition. term. The students participated in a range of activities in readiness for September which were supported by a team of student ambassadors and leaders from Years 7, 9 and 12. The Year 6s made a very good first impression at WHS with impeccable manners and good behavior. We look forward to seeing them in September. SCHOOL COUNCIL This year the School Council has been focused on some of the most important issues facing the school and making sure that the student voice is heard. Areas that have been discussed recently include issues around the Xtra curricular activities that .................................................................................... the school currently offers. A focus on the school environment and improvements around the school site are some areas that the school council plan to cover soon. ACTIVE ACROSS AGES We have partnered with St Anne’s Fulshaw in a new project which runs intergenerational activities inspired through the power of play and sport. We are currently working with ‘The Hawthorns Care Home', visiting them each week and encouraging participation in sport. 5 Enquiry & Communication 'Read,Performing speak, ask questions Arts X-tra and solve 'Grease!' problems with confidence' Youth Speaks National Final The Year 10 Youth Speaks Senior team of Bronwyn Parker, Martha Simpson and Louisa Rowland had the honour of representing the North West in the national final against 7 other teams. The girls performed outstandingly well, with Louisa Rowland receiving the individual award for the best Vote of Thanks! Year 7 Public Speaking This term, Year 7 students have been preparing and sitting the English- Speaking Board’s Level 1 Award in Speech. The English team have been impressed with the level of effort and thought that has gone into students’ work and the assessors from ESB spoke very highly of how effectively students had prepared and how well they spoke 6 Enquiry & Communication 'Read, speak, ask questions and solve problems with confidence' ICAEW BASE Business and Accountancy Competition hree Year 12 business and economics Tstudents have competed in the national ear 9 students Jack Bratt and Tanesh Patel final of ICAEW’s BASE competition after Ytook part in the STEM Challenge Final being successful in previous rounds. which was held in London. Their innovative Drainpipe Generator design was selected as a finalist in the national competition to solve an everyday problem. Chemquiz 2019 A strong team of 4 chemists took part Natural 10 Winners in Chemquiz 2019, hosted by the Royal Congratulations to the members of N9LM Society of Chemistry and MMU. WHS put for winning in a commendable performance, scoring a the ‘Natural fantastic 80% in the lab exercise round. Ten’ Harris House Cup Competition. As a reward, students enjoyed a day out to London to visit the Natural History Museum. High School Hack We took a team of 4 Computer Science students -Will Murray, Aidan Yates, Emily Baxter and Abi Hughes, to take part in Manchester’s first ever Hackathon event sponsored by AO. The students were tasked with designing a way for AO to keep in touch with their customers. 7 Community 'Caring and contributing citizens' Youth ROC Conversation edeeming Our Communities (ROC) Rcame together with Wilmslow Youth and WHS to host a youth community conversation. Time was taken to celebrate everything happening in Wilmslow currently, with discussions about local need resulting in the formation of an action group. This aims to turn any great ideas from the event into community benefiting projects. Eco-Group determined School European Elections to make a difference e held our own EU election in school. After a he newly formed Eco Group Wweek of finding out and discussing the different have planned an Eco-Review positions of the T of the school which will allow an political parties, all action plan to be implemented. This students voted for will be focusing on areas where they their preference. feel is the biggest need. The students 1100 votes were cast, will be reviewing the school’s and the big winners performance in 10 areas. Watch this were the Green Party space for progress updates! (41%) with the Lib Dems coming in a strong second place. Year 9 work with Wilmslow Clean Team Respect 'Develop and demonstrate knowledge, empathy and respect' s part of Making a Difference day, a number of Year 9 students worked with Wilmslow AClean Team to pick up litter around the school site and the surrounding area. 8 Respect 'Develop and demonstrate knowledge, empathy and respect' Places of Worship n Year 8, students enjoy Ian in depth exploration of three of the major world religions, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism. To further their study, in the summer term they visited the British Muslim Heritage Centre (BMHC) and a Sikh gurdwara. Year 8 at Quarry Bank Mill As part of our Whole Curriculum Days in July, the whole of Year 8 visited Quarry Bank Mill in the nearby village of Styal. 9 Sports X-tra 'Sports roundup' Football................................................................ The U14 boys team played in the final of the Cheshire Cup at the very start of the term. They lost 4-2 to a strong Wade Deacon side. Goals were scored by Jack Marshall and Ethen Adamson, who was also man of the match. Rugby............................................................................. Congratulations to Harry Oliver who played for England Counties U18s in May, beating Ireland in the second game. This is the first time England have won against Ireland for over ten years. Well done Harry! Boys Cricket.......................................................................................................... The boys had a hugely successful season across all age groups. U12 made a promising start reaching the Cheshire Cup quarter finals. The U13s won the Macclesfield School Cup and were Cheshire Indoor Runners Up. The U14s are North England 8-a-side Champions, Cheshire Cup Runners-Up, and had a 100% win rate in Saturday friendly fixtures. The U15s are Cheshire Indoor Champions and reached the Cheshire Cup quarter finalists. The 1st XI also finished 3rd Place in T20 Area finals. Rounders............................................................................................................ Well done to our rounders teams this year where our U15/U16 came 4th in the league and U12/U13 came 2nd in the league. 10 SportsSports X-tra X-tra 'Sports 'Sports roundup' roundup' Girls Cricket......................................................................................................... U13 Girls - After finishing joint top on points, the only thing separating WHS and Alder Grange School (Lancashire) was the number of wickets lost. A harsh way to miss out on the