Participation

Cross Country National Competition

On Thursday 11th of October, 23 Winston students travelled to Wellington Sports Ground, Southampton, to participate in the first round of the National Cross Country Competition. There were 4 teams across years 7 to 10; Junior and Intermediate Girls and Junior and Intermediate Boys, with the junior teams both running first. 

The course was over 2 kilometres long, with some short, punishing hill climbs in the middle, and the weather conditions were not kind either! Nonetheless, runners competed for an overall team score, with the lower the points scored, the better.

Every runner showed true resilience in completing the course, encouragement to their team mates and sportsmanship towards other runners! As a team, the Junior Boys had a strong performance and came 5th out of 13 teams. Well done to Louie, Alex, Joe, Cameron and Max. The best individual performance of the day came from Genna, Year 9, who came 3rd in the intermediate girls out of 50 runners!

Mr Martin and Miss Singleton would like to congratulate all runners for their performances on the day. Stay tuned for an update on the District Cross Country coming up in November!

GCSE Music

See below, one of our GCSE Music groups preparing for their mock examinations.

Assembly this Week

Our theme for this week was celebrating diversity and Mrs Strachen had researched and prepared a thought provoking presentation.  This reflected on points in our history and the people who have contributed to the rich diversity that our country is today.  Some of the slides are on the images below but students were also introduced to Shirley Bassey, singing 'This is My Life' and Labi Siffre singing 'Something Inside so Strong'.

Our Week at Winston

Assembly

Mr Byrne's assembly theme this week has been leadership.This is an aspect of education that we value highly at Winston.  Students are being asked about the skills and characteristics of leaders and are then being challenged to consider their own leadership style, with the concept that

'I am the leader of myself'.

Welcome Mr Mohamed

It would appear that you are a regular reader of my blog. 

 We trust that you are enjoying your new role in Mauritius!

WINSTON WELCOMEs AMY WILLIAMS, MBE, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST!!

Staff and students are looking forward to welcoming a former GB Olympic Hero to Winston on Thursday 1^st November! Partnered with Team Superschools, Amy will be providing students with an insight into the life of a professional athlete and life after competing.  She will share the high’s and low’s, the dedication, discipline and resilience required to push themselves in order to reach their full potential.  We hope students find the day inspiring and motivational and can use this experience as a stepping stone on their pathway to greatness.

Year 7 Lunch

Parents Join Us for Lunch!

 Roast chicken lunch with spicy vegetable wellington as an alternative.

 The salad bar.

 Enjoying lunch with Year 7 students!

We were delighted to welcome over one hundred parents, of children in Year 7, to share the experience of having lunch at Winston. Wednesday is 'roast day' and it proved to be very popular.  Our catering Manager, Carole, explained to me how popular the vegetarian meals  have become and that children's choices have changed over the last four years.  Having tried the spicy vegetable wellington I can see why it is so popular!

Learning at Winston

Year 9: Food From  Around the World 

Students in Mrs Vadi’s class were asked to produce primary and secondary investigational work, relating to a country of their choice. They were then required to prepare and present a dish from their chosen country. The outcomes looked delicious, inviting and demonstrated a range of skills.

Barista at Winston

Staff at Winston look forward to their coffee break on a Tuesday, when our Sports Centre Coffee Shop is open.  It is run by our students, training to take qualifications in barista and food hygiene, under the watchful eye of Mrs Clark.

Well done to the current team, they have proved to be very effective  and they are enjoying the experience.

The First Rehearsals 

A glimpse of one of the initial rehearsals of Grease, our next large musical production!
More details will follow.

This Week at Winston

Year 9 Geographical Enquiry

Year 9 students have been investigating the hypothesis "The Winston Churchill School should grow it's own food". Secondary research investigates food production methods; cost benefit analysis food miles and focuses on sustainability. These images show students conducting a soil survey around the school site to help assess the feasibility of developing our own vegetable gardens.

Hermitage in Space!

Ninety Year 5 children from The Hermitage School joined us, at Winston, on Monday morning.  They are working on a topic of space, our solar system and wanted to use the planetarium to explore the planets.

They were divided into three groups and had time in each part of the new facility: the planetarium, the library and children used our new computers to further investigate space travel.

Dear Mrs Johnson-Walker,

I just wanted to write and say a big thank you to you for allowing our Year 5 children to come on Monday and use your Discovery Space. They had a brilliant time and enjoyed all the different activities. A particular thank you to Miss Butcher the librarian and Mr Anslow the Science teacher for taking the time to talk to our students and helping them learn more about our Space topic. The children all had a fantastic morning.
Many thanks
Debbie Kimani

Debbie Kimani

Year 5 Team Leader 

Thursday 28th September: 

European Day of Languages

During the recent European Day of Languages, students celebrated the languages and cultures of Europe by taking part in a variety of events including an inter-form quiz, a European-themed photo booth and an MFL pop-up café - which proved to be very popular- where students were able to enjoy delicacies from a range of European countries during break time! Students also answered the registers in different languages and tried to guess the languages of the greetings on staff badges throughout the day.

Preparing to Remember WW1

A new range of resources has been purchased and can be found in our library, aimed at ensuring our students are aware of the significance of this conflict and the impact on individuals.  

We are planning to commemorate the First World War Centenary on Thursday 8th November, with the aim of including the whole school.  Leading up to that date, Mr Phillips, our Business Manager, is trying to source a website that will permit our students to research members of their family or people who lived locally who were involved.  

If you think that you can help us with this project we would love to hear from you.

Our School

Working on Glass

We have installed new glass walls in room 28 to replace white boards and pin boards.  The coloured glass brightens up the room, provide an excellent surface to work collaboratively and are now being used in a number of ways.

Winston at Harlequins

'The Winston Churchill School were extremely lucky to have been invited to participate in the Rugby Festival hosted by Harlequins Rugby Club, at their home ground 'The Stoop', last week. With thanks to Premiership Rugby this festival was hosted by a number of players from Harlequins Ladies (including Leah Lyons, Jade Konkel & Becky Rowe) and their Elite Academy Squad (including Hugh Tizard, Jack Mush, George Hammond & Luke James).

This festival focussed on introducing girls to the sport, so we took 31 female students who were coached by these professionals. They took part in several drills with the emphasis on 'fun' and managed to put their learnt skills into action by playing a mini tournament at the end of the day. The students had an amazing time and demonstrated excellent manners in representing the school. Here are just a few photographs illustrating this:

As a school we hold a girls rugby extra-curricular club on Wednesdays so please come along and give it a go! Harlequins are also hosting a 2 day camp on 25th & 26th October with Harlequins & England player Rachael Burford. Please go to www.rugbycamps.co.uk/harlequins for more information and bookings.

Art Attack: The Heart

On Tuesday 25th September, a class of GCSE PE students where split into two teams and asked to put their creative flair and prior learning to the test. Using socks, cones, spare kit, benches and whatever other bits and bobs I could find the students had to create a fully labelled diagram demonstrating the journey of blood around the body. Both teams showed superb ingenuity and collaboration during the task and everyone contributed in some way to the completion of their own 'big art'. On Tuesday 25th September, a class of GCSE PE students where split into two teams and asked to put their creative flair and prior learning to the test. Using socks, cones, spare kit, benches and whatever other bits and bobs I could find the students had to create a fully labelled diagram demonstrating the journey of blood around the body. Both teams showed superb ingenuity and collaboration during the task and everyone contributed in some way to the completion of their own 'big art'.

Progress Leaders at Work in Discovery Space

Leaders at Winston meet regularly to share ideas and to drive forward teaching and learning across the school.  They now have the opportunity to use Discovery Space, as a light, bright working environment.