Netball Success
On Tuesday 26th February, the Year 11 Girls Netball team travelled to SJB for the much anticipated Semi-Final of the Surrey School's Cup.
The girls played an impressive first half, going out to prove a point- winning 13-7, with some fantastic play in the semi circle from Ellie Gunner-Smith and Tara Saunders. SJB were not going down without a fight, and across the next two quarters they closed the gap. The score came as close as 18-16, and the SJB players were fighting for each turnover and every ball they could!
Across the middle of the court, Lily Zimmerman, Georgia Chaffe, Hannah Scrivener and Kayla Vine all played a huge role in intercepting the ball and pressurising the direction the play went in each time, giving the SJB players no room for error. Tireless defensive play by Alissa Mailes, Lois Henley and Abigail Rigby meant that the marginal gains were making all the difference. In the final quarter the score remained close, with SJB creeping up to a 34-33 score line!
A final shot from Ellie Gunner-Hooper pulled the final score to a massive 35-33. Winston had done it! A semi-final win!
The girls were gracious in victory, awarding player of the match the opposition and thanking them for what the umpires and managers agreed was an outstanding game for both sides.
The Year 11 team are now waiting to hear who they will face in the final and would like to invite parents, students and staff to support when it gets confirmed! Furthermore, the PE department are incredibly proud of the girls for maintaining such a high standard of commitment and play across their time at Winston!
Well done girls!
New Ways of Working
The new glass boards in the English Department were in use immediately to support learning with Year 11. The Year 11 class were using them to analyse unseen poetry and managed to bring together all of their ideas and complete the task in 15 minutes.These new glass boards are being installed in ten classrooms across a range of subjects. I am sure that students will enjoy using them.
Streetwise
Today we welcomed the theatre group "Performance in Education" to deliver an informative and engaging performance on road safety, to all our Year 7 students.
The feedback from students was really positive and they thought the show was both entertaining and educational.
