#Let Girls Play at Winston!

 Football for Girls at Winston

Miss De Bunson and the PE Department are organising the #LETGIRLSPLAY event at Winston.  Every girl in Key stage 3 will be participating in this inspiring event.

We are very keen to support the development of sport for all our students and this is a way of focusing on the participation of girls. Everyone can get involved.  

Watch out for the blog after the event!

News Flash: A blog celebrating Legally Blonde is almost complete.  

Service before Self

 Year 10 Charity Focus

The Core Skills group worked extremely hard last term organising and planning their charity bake sale. They designed posters and did research on variety of different charities. 

They decided to raise funds for the Refuge charity. They then planned a school trip to the local supermarket where they brought all the ingredients for the cake sale. These core skills will be valuable moving forward. Finally, they baked and decorated the cakes to sell to their peers at break time.  

They worked brilliantly as team and produced lots of delicious cakes while making money for a very important charity. 

Well Done Team!

Problem Solving and Leadership

 Developing our Problem Solving Skills

9WE were given the challenge of working out how many grains of rice would fit into their maths classroom. 

They started by discussing as a group what strategies they could use to work it out and what equipment they would use. They then set to work measuring the classroom to calculate an approximate volume of it. 

From that point the students needed to find strategies to calculate how many grains of rice would be needed by using different ways to measure the size of rice.  When they had their total they were asked to work out how many portions of rice they would have.

Leadership Across the Ages

7CPE2 have wrapped up their football season with an exciting final week, where they had the opportunity to play a full 9-a-side match. The twist? Their coach, manager, and referee were all part of the game, thanks to the support of four Year 11 boys who stepped in to help. The Year 7 students responded incredibly well, demonstrating respect for one another and showcasing outstanding collaboration skills. As the game progressed, the Year 11 students joined in, role modelling self-discipline, respect, and skill. Their impressive passing, shadow defending, and assists provided an inspiring display for the younger players, while making sure everyone was apart of the game.

Meanwhile, 10XD/PE concluded their fitness unit with an engaging paired training session. Building on knowledge gained throughout the term, students took turns playing the role of a personal trainer. The communication between the pairs was fantastic, and the variety of activities was remarkable. Some students focused on upper body strength using the Smith machine, while others worked on flexibility through a dynamic range of stretches, carefully timed for maximum effectiveness. There were also endurance-building activities on the bikes, treadmills, and cross-trainers. One student remarked, “She’s working me really hard! I can’t wait for the roles to switch so I can be the leader—I’ll make sure she works as hard as I’ve worked today!” inspiring and energizing display of teamwork and leadership in action.

Mrs Smith

Brilliantly Winston

 'Legally Blonde'

In the last week of this half-term, students at The Winston Churchill School are working on their run of 'Legally Blonde' at the Rhoda McGaw theatre in Woking. 

As staff, we are in awe of the student's dedication and passion this week, undertaking this incredibly challenging musical, notorious for it's complex vocal gymnastics and choreography. The cast and crew are working hard to use the space at the Rhoda professionally and politely while maintaining the high standards expected of those working at the theatre. The show itself is definitely a challenge, but each night the students are bringing more and more to the stage. 

Year 11 are also hard at work at the theatre, performing in Primary showings in the morning before working on their academic students in the afternoon. I couldn't be more thrilled with their dedication. 

We would like to thank you, as parents, for joining us for our first sell out run. The applause, support and standing ovations mean so much to the cast and crew. I am very proud of what your children have achieved and consider myself lucky to have worked with so many talented and resourceful students. With three more shows to go, we hope to do our school community proud. 

Mr Harrington-Tucker

Head of Drama

‘Galette des rois Masterchef Champion 2025’

 The King's Cake

Year 7 French students have taken part in a baking session lead by Mrs Fulton and our French Tutor, Mady, to learn about the history and tradition surrounding La Galette des rois (the Kings’ cake) and its significance in French culture.

Students learnt how French families celebrate the Festival of the Kings on 6th January, when French Christians mark Epiphany.

Mrs Fulton explained to the students that a small charm is placed inside the Kings’ cake and whoever gets the slice with the charm in it becomes the king or queen for the day and they have to wear a crown.

Mrs Fulton and Mady were impressed at the students’ baking skills and how well they followed the recipe and worked as a team.

Congratulations to Lottie who became the ‘Galette des rois Masterchef Champion 2025’ and who got to wear the crown as a result!

Congratulations also go to Chloe, who was the runner-up, and to all the French students who baked and decorated such impressive Galettes!

Thank you to Miss Rusted, Mrs Belkaima and Year 10 French prefects, Nora and Elif, for supporting the session and to Mrs Vadi for letting us use the Food room!

Play the Ukulele

 Enjoy a Giant Ukulele Orchestra. 

On Tuesday 4^th of January Mr Drake and Mrs Antony combined their year 7 music classes to create a giant ukulele orchestra. 

The students were able to perform Demons by Imagine Dragons which they have only been learning for a few weeks. Mrs Antony's class started off by playing the melody for the first verse, then Mr Drake's class took over the melody and Mrs Antony's class played the chord accompaniment. Students then chose whether to play the melody or the chords for the rest of the piece. Some students only learnt to read tab notation 2 weeks ago and have practised hard to bring the performance together. 

Mrs Antony

Assistant Director of Music

Learning from Shakespeare

 Shakespeare on Stage - English 

As Year 8 tackle Shakespeare's timeless comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', they have begun interpreting the text and drawing conclusions about Shakespeare's comedic representation of Helena, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander.

Students were tasked with rewriting a scene from Act 2, Scene 2 into contemporary English, making it relevant to today. Student's rehearsed and some performed in front of the class, receiving lots of laughter from peers as Lysander fell hopelessly in love with Helena, as a result of a misplaced love potion. 

The messages and themes presented in Shakespearean plays are still very relevant today and the students had fun showing this!