Remembrance
Mr Williams and the Year 11 History Prefects planned and delivered a thought provoking session on Armistice Day.
Starting with the last post and some very poignant poetry students immediately had the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifice of so many individuals in so many conflicts.As this year is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, students were provided with a chance to consider the shocking statistics of the number of lives lost and the to consider the symbolism of the poppy. Students were faced with the dilemma confronting the world of football and asked what they thought about the FA's decision to ban the wearing of poppies on arm bands.
Students and staff from Winston took part in the Woking Remembrance Parade and wreath laying on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Year 10 Languages at Work event at Wellington College
Recently 7 of
Winston's finest Year 10 Linguists were invited to attend a day of language
events at Wellington College. The students took part in 5 different
workshops, each with its own focus but common theme of the importance of
language skills in various workplaces. Some of the tasks the
students were involved in focused on understanding the difference between
translation and transcreation in the marketing world, designing slogans and
taglines for adverts, using language skills to describe pictures as well as
learning some Arabic and Japanese. The students had a brilliant time and
we were very grateful to the partnership for inviting us once again.
Year 9 Visit to Barnsbury Primary School
Winston has been working on developing stronger MFL links with the Primary schools in the area and recently 10 of our most able Year 9 German students were invited to work with Miss Allen on the delivery of a German lesson for Year 6 students at Barnsbury school. The theme for the lesson was to talk about foods that the students liked and disliked eating. The Year 9 students were exceptional in their classroom leadership, each having the confidence to work and coach a small group of 3-4 students in various tasks. The students were a true credit to the school and the Year 6 students responded really well to them. We look forward to repeating this success again in the coming year and thank the staff at Barnsbury for allowing us to visit.
