Winston Remembers.

Winston's Tribute to the Fallen

Key stage 3 students have been designing and making poppies in their Art Lessons to create this moving display.  Each poppy is different and they have been mounted to represent the fallen soldiers.

 Year 9 Visit to Ypres

Eighty Year 9 students have visited Ypres this term - they had the opportunity to walked through German trenches, paid a visit to Tyne Cot, the largest British war cemetery in the world and compared it with Langemark German cemetery.  We also visited Essex Farm cemetery to pay our respects to the youngest fallen British soldier of the war in that area - Private V.J. Strudwick - who was just 15 years old...barely older than the students themselves. On both trips, our students laid a poppy wreath as part of the Last Post service at the Menin Gate on behalf of the staff and students of our school.  

 A member of the public, Colin Hayward phoned the school to say that he was in Ypres on Friday, with three friends, as it was 100 years to the day that a relative was sadly killed.  Colin wanted to congratulate the school on the excellent behaviour of our students.  He said they were very courteous to others, interested in what was going on and lovely to talk to. Colin was very impressed that the students laid a wreath in memory of those who had lost their lives.

 

Woking: Sunday 9th November

A small group of Winston students, led by the Head Boy, Freddie Fisk and Head Girl, Danielle Ariyo-Francis, laid a wreath at the Remembrance Service in Jubilee Square on Sunday 9th November and afterwards joined the procession.  Mike Smith, a governor at the school and Past Mayor, remarked that he had received many favourable comments about Winston's participation and congratulated the school.

Winston: Monday 10th November

Students in a Year 8 English class were asked to complete the following piece of work, which ensured that they were able to describe the conditions found in the trenches by new recruits.  Some students decided to protect their loved ones from the truth and had to skilfully disguise the reality.

Year 8 students in Mr Hough's science lesson looked at medicine in WW1 and how the war changed how we approach battlefield medicine today. The students in 8W6 were then challenged to learn how to do sutures as part of this. They took to it fantastically and did very well.

Our LSA, Gavin Henry, taught them how to do the stitching on pieces of chicken. He then went around and judged them.  The stitches, although not perfect would have been perfectly suitable if you had been wounded.

 

 

 

 

Winston: Tuesday 11th November

Just before 11.00am on Tuesday 11th November the school fell silent for the Last Post, played by Mr Mackula and then two minutes silence, before the students went out for break.

Mr Mackula and Students prior to the Last Post being played.