WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2018 – August 2019 Resilience Respect Reach Reward HEADTEACHERS WELCOME Weatherhead High School plays a crucial role in developing personal skills and qualities in every student to ensure they are fully equipped to deal with life and lead healthy independent lives and become informed, active and responsible citizens. At Weatherhead we continue to be proud of our extensive extra-curricular provision, our many leadership opportunities and the wide-ranging links we have with the local and wider community. We work hard to instil confidence and build resilience in a climate of respect and reward. Miss A Whelan 1| P a g e Awards Arts Award (Bronze, Silver & Gold) Diana Award Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre (Bronze, Silver & Gold) International School Award - Foundation Leadership Partner School National College for Teaching & Leadership NCS Champion School Ofsted Outstanding Quality in Careers Standard Award Teaching School Sports Leaders UK Sport England World Class Schools 2| P a g e Trips & Events Autumn Term 2018 Trips Where Why Who Theatre Clwyd GCSE Students watch Lord of the Flies (Drama) 10,11 New Brighton Giants Spectacular, Picnic in the Park 8,9 Wallasey Town Hall Mental Health First Aid 12 The Lowry Theatre Life is a Dream - Rembert Dance Co (Dance) 12,13 The EPSTEIN Theatre How to Hide A Lion (Drama) 12 Theatre Clwyd My Mother Said I Never Should (Drama) 12,13 Llandudno Geography Field Trip 13 New Brighton & Thurstaston Geography Field Trip 13 Masonic Buildings, Liverpool LAMDA Dance Exams 9 Moreton Hills Golf Range Enrichment 12 Royal Exchange Theatre Death of a Salesman (Drama) 12,13 Coventry World Class School Leadership Day All New Brighton Beach Front Art Photography Field Trip 12 Wallasey Town Hall School Council 7-10 Floral Pavilion Blood Brothers (Drama) 11,13 University of Liverpool A Level Master Class 13 Herculaneum Rooms, Carnatic Halls Maths Competition 12,13 Unilever Research & Development Site Activity Day for Bright Futures Comp (DT) 8,9 Awesome Walls, Liverpool Enrichment 12 Wirral Food Bank, Birkenhead Delivery of food donations made from across the school 7-13 St Thomas Hospital, London World Class School Awards Ceremony 8-13 Liverpool John Moores University A level Textiles lecture 12-13 Roydon Park, Frankby Art Photography Field Trip 12 Clare House Petal Pot profit donation 9 Mariners’ Park Care Home Choir performance All 3| P a g e Events What Who European Day of The MFL team organised a fantastic week of activities to celebrate the European Day of Languages Languages including form time quizzes, karaoke and films during lunch times and another year of very strong entries for the Great European Bake Off. Macmillan Coffee The Senior Leadership Team hosted their annual Macmillan Coffee Morning on 1 October with Morning homemade bakes and hot drinks for all staff. This year we raised a brilliant £265! Year 9 Road Safety Year 9 students had the opportunity to watch an informative performance about the importance of Road Safety during October. Sports Awards The PE Department organised another great evening of celebration and awards. This year we Evening were joined by guest speaker Leighanne Robe. Weatherhead After the resounding success of the Weatherhead Unplugged debut in 2017, Miss Donnelly Unplugged organised another outstanding evening of acoustic performances in the Theatre by various students that even topped the previous year! Pink Day HSC students along with the entire Sixth Form student body drove the fundraising efforts and activities for the annual Pink Day, supporting Breast Cancer charities. Year 12 and Year 13 went head to head in the competition for the pinkest common room, with solid efforts from both! Senior Awards Ex-student Sophie McKibbin returned to Weatherhead as a guest speaker for this year’s Senior Evening Awards Evening, delivering a very special and inspiration speech about her amazing and successful career since leaving Weatherhead. Year 7 Halloween Year 7 students had the opportunity to enjoy a Halloween themed disco on 29 October, Disco organised and led by Sixth Form students. The costumes were better than ever and lots of fun was had by everyone! Author Week LRC Manager Miss Granger managed to deliver another exceptional Author Week in November with 5 author visits to Weatherhead from Andy Seed, Bali Rai, Tom McLaughlin, Lauren James and Kim Curran. Students took part in numerous activities and were also able to meet the authors and get signed copies of their books! PTF Christmas Craft Mrs Moretta and the PTF committee organised a lovely Christmas Craft Fair to begin the festive Fair season, hosting local vendors and exhibitors selling a variety of bespoke and handmade items and gifts. Nikki O’Hara Dance Year 11 GCSE dance students participated in a workshop to enhance their performances for assessments A Level Drama A level Drama students performed to 150 students from New Brighton and Somerville Primary Performance schools Weatherheads Got Students from across the school showcased their musical talents and helped raise over £200 Talent for charity. 4| P a g e Sporting Fixtures Sport Details Home or Result Away Foot Football Year 7&8 vs Ridgeway High Away Weatherhead 8 – 2 Ridgeway Year 7&8 vs Oldershaw Away Weatherhead 5 – 0 Oldershaw U15 National Cup v Rainhill (Rd 2) Away Weatherhead 2 – 0 Rainhill U15 National Cup v NLA (Rd 3) Away NLA Conceded U13 Cup v Whitby High Away Weatherhead 4 – 2 Whitby U14 National Cup v Helsby (Rd 2) Away Weatherhead 4 – 0 Helsby U14 National Cup v All Saints (Rd 3) Away Weatherhead 8 – 1 Rainhill ESFA U13 v Chesterfield Away Weatherhead 3 – 0 Chesterfield Tranmere Rovers EFL Cup – Rd 1 Home Weatherhead A – top in group & qualified for finals Weatherhead B – second Tranmere Rovers EFL Cup – Finals Home Weatherhead 3 - 0 Upton Weatherhead 1 - 1 SJP Weatherhead 3 - 0 West Kirby FINAL: Weatherhead 1 - 2 SJP ESFA U13 v All Saints College Away Weatherhead 3 – 0 All Saints Netball Year 11 Round Robin Away Weatherhead 1 – 12 Woodchurch A Weatherhead 7 – 3 Prenton B Weatherhead 2 – 5 Prenton A Year 9 Round Robin Away Weatherhead 2 – 4 Prenton Weatherhead 3 – 2 Woodchurch Weatherhead 5 – 0 Ridgeway Year 10 & Year 11 v Hilbre Home Weatherhead 18 – 2 Hilbre (Y10) Weatherhead 16 – 0 Hilbre (Y11) Year 7&8 v Ridgeway Away Weatherhead 5 – 1 Ridgeway Year 7 Round Robin Away Weatherhead 3 – 4 Ridgeway Weatherhead 3 – 2 Birkenhead Park Year 8 V SJP Away Weatherhead 3 – 0 SJP Badminton KS3 Tournament Away Lost overall Volleyball KS4 Tournament Away Weatherhead 12 - 15 Wirral Girls Weatherhead 8 – 15 Wirral Girls Weatherhead 11 – 11 Prenton Weatherhead 14 – 15 Prenton 5| P a g e Trips & Events Spring Term 2019 Trips Where Why Who Claremount Special School CSLA Leadership 13 Floral Pavilion New Brighton Holocaust Memorial Day 12 Redmonds Building LJMU Higher Education Plus 12 Egremont Primary School BTEC Music Delivering a workshop 13 Chill Factore Manchester Preparation for Ski Trip 12/13 Liverpool Hope University Intro for CLA Students to HE 7-12 Liverpool Maritime Museum PSHCE Drugs Education 8 Design Museum, London Presentation Evening Petal Pot 9 Toxteth, Liverpool Geography NEA Data Collection Trip 12 Flachau, Austria Ski Trip to Austria 12/13 Snowdon Base Camp World Challenge Training Expedition 12/13 Birkenhead School, Oxton Maths Competition 8/9 The HIVE Youth Zone Wirral Young Chamber Skills Show 8/9 Liscard Primary School World Class Schools Project All Archbishop Blanch, Liverpool The Diana Award - Antibullying Ambassadors 9 Museum of Liverpool Cambridge Outreach Event 9 Unilever, Port Sunlight Bright Futures Programme DT STEM 8-9 Bishops Bluecoat, CE High School Maths Competition - UKMT 8,9,10 Exhibition Centre, Liverpool What Career Live event 12 Dibbinsdale Country Park A2 Biology Practical Practice 13 6| P a g e Events What Who LJMU student University students from LJMU came to chat to students from Y7-11 who are interested in advocate talk studying Law and Business in the future. Ask Apprenticeships Students In Year 13 who are not applying for university were able to meet with staff from Ask Session Apprenticeships about alternative career opportunities. Seussical the 3 sold out evenings in January saw audiences blown away by the whole school production of Musical Seussical the Musical, an extravaganza of colours, music and laughter, with profits from ticket sales and raffles going to The Book Bus. Year 13 Finance Talk Students in Y13 were able to join a session about university finances and budgeting. Weatherfriends Our friends from Victoria Park Care Home joined the HSC department and students once again for their termly catch up & cake. NCPCC Number Day The Maths department got students involved in Number Day with a teacher number hunt around the school at break and lunch time, along with cakes sales to raise money for NCPCC. Harry Potter Book Another highly successful evening hosted by Miss Grainger, LRC Manager where students Night were able to dress up as their favourite Harry Potter characters and take part in a creepy-crawly experience, crafting and enjoyed lots of wizardly treats! Safer Internet Week As part of the Safer Internet campaign, all year groups were visited by Cyber Champions from Merseyside Police to chat about being safe and careful online. DofE Awards Over 120 students received either their Bronze, Silver or Gold DofE Award at a very special ceremony in February following completion of their projects and challenging expeditions in the Summer Year 9 Well-being Year 9 students had a full day of focusing on their physical, mental and emotional wellbeing with Event sessions being held by Chartwells, My Esteem and a bespoke performance by The Open Door Theatre Company in the evening, where students were joined by parents/carers.