Thursday: Activities Week

The English Department Enrichment Activities

 

 

Year 8 Creating Dragons

 

Year 7 Students in a Football Tournament

 

Wednesday: Activities Week

ZooLab

Students had the opportunity to learn about a range of creatures that they would not normally come into contact with.  They were able to ask questions and understand further information about their food and habitat.

A Tarantula with a pink back.

Holding a giant African Snail

Holding a giant African Snail

 

Student Leaders in Action

Student leaders from Year 9 and 10 planned and organised a football competition for their peers.

 

 

Other students went to the theatre to see the production of Matilda and there was a trip to see Harry Potter World.  Mr Hough took a group of students to The London Sea Life Aquarium Centre.  All the staff reported on the excellent behaviour of our students and that they engaged by asking appropriate and interesting questions.

Tuesday: Activities Week

Eggineering

Students had to plan and make a transport system for eggs, to get them as far from the launch pad as possible, without breaking the egg.  The designs were well thought out and testing proved to be an exciting, even with the most unreliable of designs!

Maths in Action

 

It may have rained during the day but it did not dampen the enthusiasm for rocket building and learning about the trajectory of the flight path.  There were occasions when Miss Chandler had to take over priming the rockets to ensure they took off!

 

Some Reports from Monday's Activities:

A Walk Around the Olympic Park

Stories to Remember

 Woking's party in the Park

The link for the Party in the Park blog is:

http://youtu.be/B7a1QrLj8yI

Monday Activities Week

Monday 7th July 2014

 

During this week a wide range of activities are planned for students, aimed at enriching their learning experience.

Year 7 Baking Bread

The finished product

 

 



Understanding Birds of Prey

 

Working out with the Royal Marines

 

 

A Talk from  Holocaust Survivor

 

 



Where is Winston this Week?

Its Activities Week

 

Winston students will be in:

Barcelona

France

Germany

Newquay

Wales

Find Us also at the ...

Olympic Park

JB Water Ski

London Dungeons

Virginia Water & Coral Reef

London Sea Life Aquarium

Harry Potter Exhibition

Theatre

Marwell Zoo

John Nike

I will keep you up-dated with news throughout the week.  There will be photographs of the in-school activities that have been planned to enrich learning at Winston.

Mathematics: Problem Solving

 “Up, Up and Away”

On Monday 30^th June, a group of year 10 students were taken to Brooklands Museum in Weybridge to take part in “Up, Up and Away” – a Maths and Science day organised for gifted and talented year 4 students from Surrey primary schools.  The year 10s were there to mentor and support the learning of a group of year 4s as they took part in workshops and maths trails around the museum.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to explore Brooklands Museum, and were a credit to the school, looking after and helping the younger students to work as a team designing and building a parachute. 

  

 

 

Year 10 Maths Master Class 

On Friday 27^th June, a small group of gifted year 10 mathematicians took part in the Year 10 Maths Master Class.  They were first set the task of solving the Open Box Problem before investigating the gradient functions of linear, quadratic and cubic graphs, by drawing a tangent at set values of x and finding the gradient at these points.  Connections were quickly made, results agreed upon and students were taught they had been introduced to the first principles of Differentiation.  They were then able to form an algebraic equation for the volume of the open box and differentiate it to solve the problem – a useful introduction to Calculus.

 

Year 5 Maths Master Class

On Thursday 26^th June a group of year 5 students from local primary schools, who already take part in the Winston Maths Enrichment Programme, took part in the Year 5 Maths Master Class – Big and Beautiful Numbers.  The session involved them appreciating the size of very large and very small numbers and led to them learning the skill of writing these numbers in Standard Form.  They then moved on to investigating the Fibonacci Sequence and its connection to the Golden Ratio.  After a break for squash and biscuits (the majority voting in favour of the squash made up in the Golden Ratio) the students then embarked upon the task of measuring different parts of their bodies to see if any were in the Golden Ratio.  We did find a few mathematically beautiful students!  

 

Cash in the Mathemattic

This week in maths has been Cash in the Mathemattic week.  Students have been learning about maths and its link to personal finance.  Year 7 learnt about the costs involved when going on day trips to places, including the cost of how to get there and the cost of the entry ticket.  Year 8 learnt about budgeting for and selecting a holiday as well as activities to do whilst they are away.  Year 9 learnt about the different types of bank accounts, the importance of checking bank statements and the costs involved when taking out a pay day loan.  Year 10 learnt about the amount of tax and national insurance that people need to pay from their salary, how to budget based on their salary and the costs involved of owning a car.  In addition to this, the theme for assembly was tax and what it actually goes to pay for.  The £ was a frequent visitor to lessons giving students, who had been awarded money for their work and contributions to class discussions, the opportunity to win prizes.

Interform Maths Results

This week has seen the lower school taking part in maths interform.  Teams of 4, in years 7, 8 and 9 competed in three rounds.  The first was a cross number puzzle, like a cross word but with numbers instead of words.  The second was a tetras style challenge, requiring them to cover up numbers to leave the highest possible total visible .  The third was a number relay race, combining their speed at running with their speed at answering number problems.  The teams had to use the different skills they have learnt in maths and apply them in different contexts, whilst being up against the clock and other forms in their year group.  The winners were:

Year 7: 7BGO

Year 8: 8FRU

Year 9: 9JBX

Congratulations to all the teams who took part in the competitions.

 

 

 

 

The Prom 2014

Year 11 at The Prom

Students from Year 11 enjoyed a fantastic evening on Saturday at the Savill Court Hotel.  Their arrival in a number of magnificent vehicles parading up to the reception proved to be an amazing spectacle, enjoyed by a large crowd of staff and parents.  Mr Scrivener and his team are extremely proud of the students.  The PTA organised the event and decorated the ballroom beautifully, we could not run this event without their support.  Below is just a selection of photographs from the evening.