The Warbler Issue 2 - May 2017

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Welcome Welcome to the second edition of the ‘Wilnecote Warbler’, our new school newsletter. Since the Easter holidays our assemblies have focussed on the idea of perseverance, resilience, not giving up and how this leads to success and achievement. This theme is reinforced in our newsletter. The interview with Ellesse Oates is fascinating and the commitment she displays to her sport and to achieving her ambitions is something that we can all learn from. I am very proud of her and hope to see her representing Team GB at the Olympics. I am also very proud of our Year 11 students who, as I write, are nearing the end of the first week of their written GCSE examinations. I am well aware of the amount of hard work and effort they have put in to the learning and revision process during their GCSE courses and, in particular, the last couple of months. Their conduct and attitude thus far have been exemplary. Keep up the good work. The Wilnecote School, as you will be aware, views achievement in a much broader sense than success in examinations, important though that clearly is. That is why we celebrate the many and varied activities of the young people who attend our school. You can read about some of these on the following pages, including our Peer Wellbeing Champions and our Maths Challenge participants. Finally I would ask you to read Miss Howell’s article about attendance – excellent attendance is essential to the success and achievement that the Wilnecote Warbler celebrates. I hope you enjoy this newsletter and that it gives you an interesting flavour of life at The Wilnecote School. Stuart Tonks Headteacher Dates For Your Diary May 26 June 5 Break up for Half Term Art Festival Starts July Return to School Sports Day 13 Year 10 Mock Exams July Last Day of start 21 Summer Term 23 Year 11 Prom June 19 June July 3
Heads of House Mr Grant 94.6% Attendance since September 2016 Mr Herbert William MacGregor 94.4% Attendance since September 2016 Whole school attendance 94% since September 2016 Mr Simpson 92.6% Attendance since September 2016 We would like to take this opportunity to say a massive ‘good luck’ and ‘goodbye’ to our Year 11s. We hope you are successful in your GCSE examinations and that all of your hard work pays off. We wish you all the very best of luck and want you to be successful in the next phase of your lives after The Wilnecote School - whatever that may be. With Year 11s so close to leaving school, it gives all the other year groups the chance to reflect on the stage that they are at in their Wilnecote journey: Year 7s, coming to the end of their first year, looking to build on a great start and continuing to develop; Year 8s will be starting their options year, working hard so they choose the right GCSE subjects for them; Year 9s beginning their GCSEs in September, it’s very important to get off to a good start in Key Stage 4 and finally, Year 10’s, beginning their final year at school – the pinnacle of their school career so far. So to all of you at different stages of your journey through The Wilnecote School, keep working hard and striving to be the best you can! To round off why don’t we use a very pertinent quote from our very own Ellesse Oates from Year 10: “You get nowhere without hard work and commitment. Believe in yourself and, if at first you don’t succeed, go back and work even harder, the rewards will come.” Student Support In the Community Academies Trust’s drive to ensure excellence, the SEN and Inclusion departments have now merged into Student Support. The aim is to create a co-ordinated resource that is more able to respond to the needs of our students. In addition to in-class support, the department will also include set literacy support to ensure each student is ‘secondary ready’, as well as academic mentoring and a series of fixed term programmes for both academic and social support, this will ensure all our students are better equipped with the skills for their future. From September 2017 there will be a homework support session offered four days a week after school. This will form part of allocated hours and is available to all students as this is an area that many students struggle with but can make the greatest difference. The Student Support department is managed by our SENCO and Inclusion Manager and overseen by one of our Directors of Learning. If you wish to discuss any issues regarding SEN or Inclusion, please either e-mail us at studentsupport@wilnecotehighschool.org or contact Student Support on 01827 831346.
Page 1: Wilnecote Warbler ENSURING EXCELLEN
Page 5 and 6: Peer Wellbeing Champions As a schoo
Page 7 and 8: Q) You have recently met Beth Twedd
Page 9 and 10: Year 10 Mock Exam Timetable YEAR 10
Page 11 and 12: AQA Food Technology A celebratory t

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