Understanding Disability
Mrs Harper and the new team of senior prefects presented an assembly this week on ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder. With the use of well thought out questions and some interesting film clips students, in each year group, have begun to develop a better understanding of the ways in which young people with ASD can be supported.
Governors Visit Maths
Three governors spent the day in the Maths Department on Monday, talking to staff and students and gaining a better understanding of how maths is taught. The team of governors will report back to the full governing body with their findings.Athletics
Winston Athletics Teams competed in the first round of the
English Schools Athletics competition on Wednesday 13th May at Epsom
track. We were greeted with a drenched sandpit and a waterlogged discus
circle however all teams did us proud on the day and achieved some fantastic
results. Even though we were missing some athletes from the team, our
Inter-girls team (Y9&10) finished in a respectable 5th place on
259pts. Amy Braid ran the 100m in 12.4sec earning her team a massive 32
pts, Aimee Mattingley completed her 200m race in 27.2 sec contributing 23pts,
Jen Bowman threw a javelin 22.41m gaining 20pts and Amanda Chimbina putted a shot
8.14m earning 19pts. Our Inter Boys team was extremely strong this year
and they didn't disappoint winning the meet with a massive 427pt total, meaning
that they progress into the regional finals in a couple of weeks time. Every
member of the team contributed over 25 points for the team, however, stand out
performances go to Kian White in the high jump and 100m and Ben Steer in the
300 and shot put who both scored a huge 45 points out of a possible 56 for the
team. A massive congratulations to the boys and we look forward to the next
round.
The Junior girls team (y7&8) finished in 4th
place overall 246pts. Outstanding individual performances came from Lois
Henley who ran the 100m in 13.2 sec earning her team 27pts, and Grace Tweddle
who ran the 800m in 2min 52 sec contributing 17pts to the total. A great
team effort by all involved. Our Junior boys' team finished a respectable 4th
from the 6 teams who entered. A respectable effort for their first ever English
Schools and we hope to build on the success as they move on through the school.
Stand out performers for the year 8 team include Dexter Musa who competed in
the 200m and Relay (33pts), Ben McHugh in the Hurdles and Relay (32 pts) and
Jake Spiller in the Long jump and relay (29 pts). A big congratulations to all
who took part and we look forward to the District Athletics events later this
year.
Miss Howe and Mr Toovey
Working with Theo Fennell
Miss Blackman took eight students from years 10
and 9, who had submitted some wonderful designs to Theo after the Master Class
earlier in the year, which he selected for being so spectacularly creative. The
students travelled to London and spent the morning looking at the inspirational
exhibits from around the world at the V&A drawing from observation and then
transforming them into their own designs. It was a short walk
across to Theo Fennell’s Fulham Road store & workshop – the only place of
its kind in the country where the pieces are designed, made & sold in the
same place. Theo showed the students all of his fantastic designs and
talked them through how he gets inspired to make his lovely pieces. The students
also discovered how he sources the exotic gem stones he uses and how even the
packaging is designed so that the piece is stored in an eye catching and safe
way.
What next? Theo is selecting one
students from the group to have work experience with him in the workshop this
summer.
