March 2012 - The Woodroffe School

2012/13 Senior Prefect TeamPasty Passion!Pasties were on the menu for Year 12and 13 Business Studies students ina recent visit to the Ginsters factory inCornwall.Students were taken on an hour longtour of the bakery and saw first-handhow pastry products were made. In ahighly informative trip students wereintroduced to the Ginsters business,methods of production and some of themarketing techniques used to sell thecompany’s range of pastry products.“Ginsters provided a fascinating insightinto food manufacture and marketing,but also in the passion for producingthese local delicacies,” said visitorganiser, Mike Holding. “The addedbonus for us all was the pasty tastingsession and a visit to the staff shopwhere students enjoyed picking upsome bargains to keep them going onthe return journey!”Sixth Form SuccessThe Sixth Form is celebrating thesuccess of two of itsstudents. Year 12 studentConor Kesham has won aplace at the exclusive andhighly selective Eton SummerSchool to study EnglishLiterature. “I’m delighted forConor,” said Head of SixthForm, Jim Thomas. “Hisplace on this course is richlydeserved and recognises hiscommitment to his studies.The panel was so impressedwith Conor’s application that he hasbeen offered a special bursary that willfund the entire course.”Year 13 student,CatherineVoysey has alsoexperiencedrecent successby winning ascholarship toAberystwythUniversity to studyEnvironmentalEarth Sciences.The scholarshipgives Catherinean unconditional offer of a place at theUniversity plus £1,000 towards herhousing costs in her first year there.“Catherine has worked hardthroughout her AS and ALevel Geography coursesand had to perform wellin her scholarship examsto secure her place,” saidJim Thomas. “We are veryproud of all our students.Catherine and Conor bothdemonstrate what can beachieved through hard workand commitment, qualitieswe encourage in our SixthFormers and across school.”Book Fair Generates Valuable FundsA BIG thank you to all the studentsand parents who supported the BookFair held in the Library (28 February-5March). The aim was to encourage andpromote reading and from the amountof revenue the Fair generated it was agreat success. The final amount takenat the Book Fair was £624, 50% ofwhich was given back to the schoolin commission. It was definitely worthdoing and many students enjoyedchoosing some books for the Library,which I purchased with the commission.I would also like to thank 6 th FormerFraser Gutteridge, and Year 10 studentsDan Johnson, Michael Turner andEmma Page (as part of their ASDANcourse) for helping me to organise andsupervise the Book Fair.Mrs V Y Cropp