An Inspiring Half Term

9W1 in History

Mrs Markham decided to share some of the work  9W1 produced this week...

They have spent two lessons and a homework researching the WW1 trenches.  Students had to find out about the following:

-          How a trench was laid out

-          What it was like to live in a trench

-          How British and German trenches were different

-          What weapons were used in trench warfare

-          The advantages and disadvantages of trench warfare

The students worked either on their own or in groups of 2 or 3.  We had some spectacular results and below are some photographs of the models that came into school...

Year 8 Assembly

Year 8 had an interesting and interactive assembly on Thursday which focussed on raising achievement.  Students looked at the issue of homework and the type of excuses given when it was not completed.  They all agreed that it was better to plan to get the work done, as all the excuses had been heard before and homework was intended to support learning.  This was followed up by a presentation by the Army Cadet Force.

Story in a Box

Year 8 students were asked to create a story in a box during their Art lessons.  Mrs Ballam was keen to show me one of the boxes made by a member of her tutor group, depicting Alice in Wonderland.

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Globes and Ghouls!

Library Comes Alive

To say that it's been busy in the LRC so far this term would be an understatement. Years 7 and 8 have all been introduced to the LRC's new online library platform, ReadingCloud, during their LRC English lesson. ReadingCloud allows them to search the LRC catalogue, provides useful websites to help with their homework, share their views on what they're reading with their peers and even renew their loans from home. Have students shared it with you yet?

Year 11 have been using form time up looking at the prospectus of each college, before they go to open evenings and start making their applications. 

Footfall outside of lessons has increased as clearly the LRC has become the place to be, with students packing the room every day, choosing to spend their free time to read and study. Book loans have rocketed too, with 16% of all students having borrowed nearly 800 books in 6 weeks!! 

And the current display has gone down a #trickorTREAT, with students "daring" to pick up a horror book. 

3D Globes

Below are some of the amazing pieces of homework produced by Year 7 this week. They have really risen to the challenge of creating three-dimensional globes. We have had cakes, papier mache and even pumpkins!  

Well done Year 7!

Parental Tours

Over 230 families have toured the school in the last few weeks, with the aim of finding information to support their decision regarding a school for their child.  It has been a pleasure to meet the parents and their children and to address the questions that they have about the school.  There have been a number of very pleasing complements about our students and our staff and a view that was reinforced time and time again that there has been a huge improvement in the provision and culture at Winston.

Year 7 English 

When on tour with parents this week, I came across this group of Year 7 students preparing for an assessment.  They were very quick to point out how challenging the work was and how hard they were having to work.

Year 8 in Science

The Stream were engaged in some research work in Mr Hough's Science lesson, using the tablets to prepare definitions and then they had to justify the terms they had developed.