Raising Funds for Woking Hospice
As a school we have decided to focus all of our charity fund raising this year on the Woking Hospice. Events are being planned to try to contribute to an organisation that provides so much support for families in our local community.I am also delighted to tell you that a number of our students, independently support this good cause. Chloe is a student in Year 7 who has been working hard on behalf of the Woking Hospice. See what she has achieved below.
Well done Chloe!
“Who killed Novice John?”
Class 7W1 worked very hard on Friday on the “Who killed Novice
John?” investigation and were engaged by trying to work out who the culprit
was. I’ve attached some pictures of the students hard at work. Miss Lister was
particularly impressed by how well they worked as a group, to gather evidence on
the murder. Several came up with excellent theories about who the murderer was,
linking their suspicions to specific evidence. I’m looking forward to seeing
what they come up with for their homework , in the form of a wanted poster for Novice John’s
killer.
Olympic Park Visit
On Monday 1stFebruary, 28 lucky students from the
Gifted and Talented sports programme had the opportunity to try three Olympic
disciplines at the Lee Valley complex in London. From racing around the indoor
Velodrome to taking on some tricky obstacles in the mountain biking it was an
action packed day at the Olympic Park. The students were a credit to the
school and themselves and put 100% into all the events. Below are just a few
pictures of this fantastic day and we look forward to running this trip in
years to come.
Last week, the English Department, Mrs Southern, Miss Ruffle & Mr Chandler,
We were all in agreement that the set was amazing and the
violence of key scenes was well-staged with some carefully choreographed
routines. The descent into savagery was disturbingly conveyed by the talented
cast of young actors. Bringing novels, rather than a play script, to the stage
is a challenging task but this adaption was a great success.
The production brought the story into the 21st century,
taking quite a few liberties with the dialogue and there was EVEN a selfie
stick! *English teachers roll eyes*
However, most students agreed that it was an effective and entertaining
adaptation of Golding's classic novel about "the darkness of man's
heart". Any alterations to the story resulted in some thought-provoking
discussions during the interval and after the play.
We had a very enjoyable evening!
