Winston Remembers

 11th November, at 11.00am at Winston

Our community came together today to remember those who have lost their lives fighting for our country.  They made the ultimate sacrifice and to recognise this, the whole school reflected, stood socially distanced on the patio.

Winston stood in silence, to honour those who fought for our freedom.

One of our students, from Year 8, is self-isolating and was going to play the Last Post with Mr Drake this morning.  So to feel part of the Remembrance Day, he played the Last Post at the same time as it was being played at school.  

Winston was Ready, Responsible and Respectful; The Winston Way.

Our new display in Discovery Space, has gone up, which features a range of interesting fiction and non-fiction books linked to both World War 1 and World War 2. 8RTO have also created some fantastic poppies as part of the display. Each of the students went away and researched someone who has been involved in a war and they added this name to their poppies that they made. Some students also included extra information about the person such as a picture or the year they were born. Thanks to 8RTO for a thoughtful addition to our display! We also have a feature in our display that details some people originally from the Woking area, who fought in WW1 so do come along and have a look if you're interested in finding out about some local history!

Year 7 tutor groups are coming into the Library each morning during form time to write some acrostic poems for either the word 'Poppy' or 'Remember', thinking about the significance of Remembrance Day. Attached are some brilliant examples of these poems from students in 7AKO!

These are very challenging times and  

Supporting Year 11

 Preparing for the Future

Our Year 11 students will be taking their first formal examinations in just under a week's time.  On Monday 9th November, Year 11 were given the opportunity to attend small workshops held by visiting speakers from MADE Training, who we have used in previous years to develop important life skills. 

As students progress up the educational ladder, they are exposed to the increasing need of independent learning and self-motivation. MADE Training help to deliver these skill-based workshops to aid students with their revision strategies, organisation and goal setting whilst building confidence and competence to enable students to reach their potential. It was a positive experience to see how certain revision techniques can be implemented to make an immediate impact using the process of read, transform and recall. 

We hope that the Yr11's can use the strategies and techniques learnt in form time and at these workshops to revise effectively for their upcoming mock exams and GCSE's. The students really enjoyed the experience and were very receptive to the ideas and strategies explored.

Students should also look out for the Hall of Fame.  The names are up of the students achieving or exceeding their FFT target grades.

Winston during Lockdown

 We are Back!

We are delighted to be back at Winston after the half term break and its great to see the amount of work that has taken place around the site:

New screens installed to help to keep students informed and currently showing reminders as to how to combat coronavirus.

The current drama rooms in C Block have been decorated.

The plans for our new building, 'Performance Space', are at the point of going to tender.

The main hall tables have been re-labelled to ensure that students only site in their Year Group Bubbles.

Face coverings in corridors and communal areas from Monday!

Japanese Club

Twenty-four students in Year 7 have been attending the weekly Japanese Club this term where they have been learning about Japanese language, lifestyle and culture through a variety of activities, games and quizzes.

Students have made fantastic progress in their spoken Japanese and have had great fun practising the Hiragana and Katakana writing forms.

They have learnt about traditional Japanese dress and popular Japanese sports such as Sumo wrestling.

Students have had fun practising the art of Origami and have learnt about the story of Sadako Sasaki and the cultural significance of paper cranes in Japan.

Students have also enjoyed exploring aspects of popular culture such as Anime and Manga. The Japanese prefects have been presenting new material at the start of each session and students have been given the opportunity to review their favourite stories and characters.

Well done to Fatima who won the recent ‘Chopstick challenge’ by using chopsticks to pick up and transport the greatest number of Skittles from one side of the classroom to the other!

Next week students will be taking part in a Green Tea ceremony and later in the term they will be making their own Sushi as part of the annual Sushi Master Chef competition!

A huge thank you to Miss Finney and the Year 7 MFL Leaders for arranging such an enjoyable educational experience.