As Promised!

 'Somewhere In My Memory'

 A Christmas Market 

Frohe Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël!

A huge thank you to our German tutor, Eva and our French Tutor, François who helped to run the MFL Christmas Market stall this week, enabling students in Years 7 and 8 to experience this aspect of culture and tradition.

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 France and Germany.

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

Year 7 students have also been learning about the 1914 Christmas Day truce and some got to re-enact the moment when fighting ceased and gifts were exchanged between the two sides.

Congratulations to Robert from 7NBI who won the MFL Christmas competition and Tudor from 7JDO who won a Weihnachtswichtel (Christmas elf) as part of the German Christmas elf tongue twister competition!

Congratulations to Caitlin, Laura and Layla who all achieved 100% in the recent Year 11 exams.

Finally, a thank you to all the Year 10 Language Leaders for their hard work and positive contributions towards the development of ideas and resources in MFL this term.

Miss Finney

Acts of Kindness

This afternoon Mrs Lyddon and some Year 8 students, visited Jackman’s Lodge Care Home to deliver the Christmas parcels, letters and cards from our wonderful year 8 students.  

The staff and residents were delighted to receive the tins of biscuits, shortbread, Christmas cake, chocolate cake, mince pies, tea and coffee and the very thoughtful hand made Christmas cards and letters.  

Our year group values are Kindness, Respect, Community and this kind gesture has certainly demonstrated all three!

Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄 

Mrs Lyddon

A Snowy Winston!

 No Clouds, Just Snow!

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With the help of some good friends of Winston, we finished the term with snow fall at the back gate and the sports gate.  This was behind the last door on our Advent Calendar.

A huge thank you to Mr Penfold, Miss Nye, Miss Elliot and Mr Coll for creating and managing the calendar this year.  It has been a great success.  We hope that you all enjoyed participating and each day is still on Frog for you to see, including the flying reindeer. 

Generous Parents Making a Difference

Below is just a very small sample of the gift boxes of essential food items being delivered  by Ms Knight and Mr Flood during this week.  Thank you to our parents for all of your donations, it has ensured that we have been able to support many more families, than originally planned.  It is making a difference and has meant a great deal.

Thank you!  🎁

Creative Christmas

 A Creative Christmas!

Year 10 were set the challenge of making a Christmas cake in a tin can. Although some students had to make and decorate them whilst self-isolating, everyone participated.  I am sure you will be impressed with the cakes in the images below.  Well done Year 10! 

Latin in Action

Students are taking advantage of the smaller class size, to filming their courtroom drama, 'in basilica' in Latin using the stage in the main hall. 

At the same time, students have been producing creative responses to the same text from home, showing ingenuity and resourcefulness to produce lego reconstructions and animated courtroom sketches, among other media. 

Christmas Biscuits

Mrs Vadi's lovely Year 7 class ( 7C3) were offered a cooking demonstration by a fellow classmate. Melissa demonstrated how to make Christmas Glass-Stained Window Biscuits. Afterwards they each got to enjoy the buttery biscuits .

Jingle Bells!

 Making Music Together

Over 50 students contribute videos or audio tracks for Jingle Bells and from across all year groups. We even had some of our violin scheme students, in Year 7, contribute, which is a great achievement after only a few weeks of tuition.

If you enjoy this, then keep looking at the blog for the next performance; 'Somewhere In My Memory' from the film Home Alone.

 Thank you Mr Drake for creating this video.

Christmas Thoughts

 Sharing Christmas Thoughts and Kindness

Year 7 and Year 8 have sent everyone in Winston a lovely, thoughtful Christmas card, which is displayed in the main foyer of the school.

Thank you students, I have enjoyed reading your wonderful messages.

What's New at Winston

 Discovery Space

While everyone might be spending a little more time at home than usual, now is the perfect opportunity to get involved in one of our reading challenges; The Discover Reading Challenge. Come into the Library to find out more information and take a challenge sheet. What will you discover?

Behind Door Number 4

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Mr Penfold, Mr Harrington-Tucker and Ms Nye offering cream and marshmallows' to go on top of hot chocolate!

Welcome to Music

If you are in Ms Shlackman's groups then this is your new teaching space.