Christmas at Winston

 

Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël!

Thank you to our German and French tutors, Emily and Emma, who helped to run the Year 7 Christmas Market roleplay sessions over the last couple of weeks, enabling students to experience this aspect of culture and tradition, while practising key language skills.

Students got the chance to experience the taste and smell of traditional Christmas food, such as waffels, crêpes, double chocolate biscuits and Lebkuchen (gingerbread biscuits) which are all typically sold at the Christmas Markets in Germany and France.

Students ordered their preferred food in German or French, before paying the correct amount with their plastic euros. They did an excellent job of interacting with the market sellers and ordering and paying for their snacks in target language!

Miss Finney

Head of MFL

Christmas Secret Santa

The books on display in the library are wrapped, with a label from a member of staff recommending the content but no revealing the tile or the author!

A number of children have selected a book as their next adventure into literature.

Touch Rugby

On Tuesday night, with a background of Christmas Music, Winston's year 7,8 and 9 Girls Rugby players took on SJB in a touch rugby match. 20 girls from Winston attended on the evening. A great increase of numbers compared to what we have had in previous years. Some of the girls had never even played rugby before. After the initial nerves and confusion cleared, both sides played some great rugby throughout the matches.

As girls' rugby continues to grow, Winston is entering more tournaments throughout the year and organising fixtures like this one. Even more excitingly it has been confirmed that our U16 girls have a place at the prestigious Rosslyn Park 7s Festival and will be joining the two boys teams we have entered over the last two years. Something to look forward to in 2026.

Well done to all the girls involved!

Mr Reid