After Class

After Class

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the School

It is time to book your tickets to enjoy the final Mr Jolly production at Winston!

Assembly

Mr Jolly presented his thoughts on the valuing creativity even if you prefer other areas of learning and life.  Students had the opportunity to reflect on valuing the contribution made by other and how they could support them.

 A Taste of After Class!

Sport at Winston

National School Sports Week

Are you taking part?

English Schools Athletics

Yesterday our inter girls and junior girls competed in the regional round of the English Schools Athletics in Kingston. Both teams performed well up against 12 other district winning schools. Both teams were superb but the intermediate girls stole the show finishing an impressive 7^th, only 12 points off a podium finish. Standout individual performances from Aimee Mattingley, Lois Henley, Simran Karia in their sprint races.

 As a PE department we would like to say a huge well done to everyone who represented the school and we look forward to more success later in the season.  

Congratulations to  the following girls:

Lois, Aimee, Rhianna, Grace, Monique, Priscilla, Kayla, Heather, Hannah, Holly, Esme, Simran, Lauren, Ella, Neve, Chloe, Caitlin, Genna, Carman, Jasmine, Georgia, Isabel, Evie, Katie and Emma.  

Year 10 Sports Day

I was only able to get up to the field for a short time this morning but managed to capture some 'all action' shots of Year 10 students taking part in Sports Day.  There will be more to follow next week!

 The High Jump

 The Javelin

 The Long Jump



Learning at Winston

TECHNOLOGY IN PE

A number of students in Year 7 & 9 have been given the opportunity to use an iPad in their PE lessons this term. Students have taken this opportunity to video each other performing various techniques (bowling, triple jump etc.) in order to analyse and evaluate their performance.

Different Apps have allowed students to break their technique down with the use of slow motion and understand the biomechanics of their movements by viewing and measuring body angles.

Yr7’s have gone on to produce good pieces of homework that illustrate the similarities and differences in their cricket skills against a professional player. This has made students break down and review techniques to a greater extent and highlight key areas in which they could improve upon.

It has been great to see students working collaboratively to improve one another and has shown them how performance analysis is used within sporting situations, which they may wish to pursue in the future.   

Mr Martin

Making Concrete

Chemistry trip to the new library!

"8WE visited the building site to explore the materials used. They learnt about all the different types of concrete and colours they use e.g.sky blue, grey, red, white and orange. We also learnt that the cement can cause bad burns if you touch it as it causes an exothermic reaction." by Kam and Josh in 8WE.  8C2 also had the opportunity to visit the site and enjoy a lesson. 

The Environmental Classroom

 Mrs Harper had planned a lesson of reading and acting for 7CA2’ English class today so it was an ideal opportunity to make use of the Environmental classroom – and to find some shade from the hot sun. The class are studying the play ‘Paper Tigers’ which explores people’s attitudes to each other and prejudices.

Fashion at Winston

Fashion and Art Show

We would be delighted if you could join us for this event.  It will be Miss Barker-Dodd's last Winston Fashion Show and it promises to be both fun and  inspiring.

More Concrete!

Library project Up-date

The Ground Work

 Filling the foundations.

 Delivery of the blocks at 6.30am to avoid the students.

The building is now starting to take shape.

 The block work is underway.

 This is the future for learning at Winston.

Work at Winston

Year 8 Geography

Year 8 have made a great start to the new Geography course. They have planned a sequence of lessons about plate tectonics. One of the learning questions they develop was ‘What was the earth like millions of years ago?’ Students worked collaboratively to share their thinking and presented their ideas. Some students went above and beyond and completed independent research at home.

Miss Harris was impressed with the fantastic effort from all groups.

Primary Music Day

Mr Drake and the Music Department organised a day of music making, on Thursday 15th June,  with students from our local primary schools.  They arrived not having played together before and left having produced a brilliant concert which included 'body' percussion, singing, a violin ensemble, a wind band, a key board 'army' and forty guitar players! 

Winston students supported the event throughout the day and they were impressed with the enthusiasm and skill of the pupils.  Some of our Winston students received their Music Colours during the concert.

The parents I spoke to at the end of the concert were very impressed with the outcome and the way in which everyone had worked together to enjoy making music.

Thank you to Mr Drake and his team for a fantastic day.

 Getting ready for the day with some initial singing!

 Body Percussion and Singing Together

 Awarding Music Colours

Winston Young Carers

 

At The Winston Churchill School we appreciate that there are many demands on students who provide care and we do our best to meet the needs of Young Carers in school. As a result, we are working hard to raise the profile of students who are Young Carers at Winston to ensure they are proud of the fantastic job they do.

 

This morning we took some of our Young Carers to a game of Pirate Golf at Hoebridge, Woking. The students enjoyed a round of crazy golf and an opportunity to chat informally with our Family Support Workers and each other who may have a similar caring role at home. It was a huge success and enjoyed by all. As well as organising activities for these students, we also provide regular drop-in sessions to build relationships to enable us to support the students as best we can should they need it.

 

A great morning for a fantastic bunch of well-deserved students.