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Woodlands Academy Yr12 WCSF Economics trip to London! A Year 12 class of twenty-four students were fortunate to recently spend a day in sunny London as part of their AS Economics course. Having just studied the different macroeconomic factors that affect the economy, the students went to London to visit some of the country’s leading economic institutions. After managing the early start to catch the Megabus to London and braving the London Underground on a Friday morning, the group visited the City of London looking at some of the impressive financial institutions where a few might hopefully end up working one day! The day started with a visit to the Bank of England and listening to a talk on its role in influencing the economic performance of the country. This was followed by a look around the Bank of England museum and learning more about what happens in its traditional role as a bank and as a Government adviser. The students got very interested when they realised they were standing just 45-feet above the famous Gold Vaults where some £198 billion pounds worth of gold is stored! Students were allowed to pick up a real gold bar worth £340,000 and they were surprised at how heavy it was. After lunching in Covent Garden Market followed by some shopping time, the group travelled on the Underground again to the prestigious London School of Economics – one of the world’s leading universities in this field. Students listened to various talks on the work of the university and making effective applications should they consider applying later in the year. It was brilliant to see one of the talks lead by ex-student Lyndon Clews who achieved a grade ‘A’ in economics 2 years ago after being taught by Mr Pateman and is now in his final year of successful study at The London School of Economics – an aspirational example to them all! This trip was so successful three students have already visited LSE again since and are now planning to apply there next year! Nyle Patel commented “The whole day opened my eyes to what is now possible”. The day was rounded off with a short sight-seeing trip around London with a stop-off for photos outside Buckingham Palace before a late-night coach trip back to Coventry. Post-16 football success After losing out in the West Midlands Competition, the under-19 squad were determined to go out in style with a great performance in the showpiece final at the Westwood Coventry Sporting Ground. Playing against Stoke Park, who were making their debut in the final, the team were slightly nervous before the goal-scoring machine that is Jamie Howe, stirred himself into action. With two decisive strikes he managed to edge West Coventry Sixth Form ahead. A fantastic strike from Elliot Hughes moved them further ahead and despite a bit of a fight back from Stoke Park, Woodlands proved too organised and perhaps fitter with further strikes from Ross Knight and super-sub Michael Kelly with the game ending at 5-2 and the trophy retained by Woodlands for another year. Tournament organisers handed the trophy over to captain and Head Boy Daniel Bramley who raised it high to cheers from the watching crowd of parents and supporters. Coach Mr Griffin said “I would like to thank the everyone who turned up to support the team.” Coventry Schools At h l et i c s Well done to all the students who participated at Warwick University track during the 2015 athletics season. Mr Austin, Curriculum Leader, Physical Education, said “There were some fantastic performances and the boys’ conduct was a credit to the school.” This year sees Mr Doherty and Mr Williams stepping down as organisers of the Coventry School’s Athletics. Mr Austin said “This is something they have done fantastically well for 25 years. We thank them for all their time, hard work and dedication to local athletics and extra-curricular sport.” Page 6
Issue 23 September 2015 Art and Photography Exhibitions This year’s A’Level and GCSE Art and Photography exhibitions were fantastic and showed the great examples of our students’ work. Staff and parents were ‘wowed’ by what was on show at the exhibition. Each year students are awarded trophies for excellence in art and photography. The 2015 awards are Thomas Hughes - The Wilkinson/Clayden trophy for art. Adam Dunne - The Norden trophy for photography. Jordan Mittoo - The Jackson trophy for art. Chris Howe - The Colin Dick trophy for graphics. More photos from the exhibitions can be seen on our website. National Science Week Throughout National Science Week earlier in the year, there were activities in the Science Department to celebrate the event. Every lunchtime there were challenge activities running in the laboratories. There was also a Rocket Challenge with Year 9 students organised by Mr Duggan which culminated in a rocket launch after school. However, the experience of a lifetime, a solar eclipse took place on Friday March 20th. All over Woodlands Academy there were eclipse activities. In the Hall, there was a live feed from sunnier climates, just in case the sun was not visible in Coventry. However, we were very fortunate and from 8.30 a.m. we were able to track the Solar Eclipse. We had pin-hole cameras to check the progress of the eclipse with the Stargazing and Solar Eclipse live coverage on the interactive whiteboard. Science technicians Mr Anetts and Mr Bevis had set up a viewing binoculars, and Dr Berry projected the images of not one, but two, solar eclipses onto a screen. Sixth form tutor group 12D were able to join in the fun and were joined by Mrs Newman and her English class for this exciting event. In addition to viewing the eclipse, temperatures were taken at three external locations before, during and after the eclipse as well as monitoring the activity of birds, to provide data for the National Eclipse Weather Experiment in conjunction with Reading University. The results of this are being used to see if there is evidence of changes in climate during an eclipse, and if there is a change in wind speed. The experience was shared by all as different departments and classes were able to experience this rare event. What is an Eclipse? A solar eclipse is a rare phenomenon in which the sun is completely obscured by the moon. Page 7
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