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Our main focus during this, rather short, spring term has been on preparing senior students for forthcoming examinations. This is even more crucial than ever this year as, for the first time, all examinations are linear. Students have approached their studies in an exemplary manner and are being well supported in the lead up to the examination period. In addition to subject revision classes in school, after school, during the holiday periods and a second week of exam practice in March, emphasis has also been placed on helping students to manage themselves through the examination period. This can be a time of worry, anxiety for some and in school we are doing all that we can to support our young people through this demanding time.
When students return to school for the summer term, they will continue with their normal cycle of lessons until Tuesday 5 May when they will begin an Immersion timetable which provides for combination of lessons and focussed periods of revision prior to each scheduled GCSE examination.
The academic success of Woking High School students is a great source of pride to all associated with the school. We were delighted to receive an official letter from the Department of Education (David Laws, Minister of State for Schools) congratulating us on the achievement of our disadvantaged students in February. In March we received a further letter from the DfE (Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform) congratulating Woking High School on its excellent English Baccalaureate performance (students gaining English/Maths/Science/Language/Humanity qualifications at A*-C) and in mid March received news that we had been awarded two SSAT Educational Outcome
Awards for exceptional achievement and performance. These awards recognize the cohort of 2014 being amongst the top 10% of non-selective schools nationally for attainment and value added progress. I am confident that our current Year 11 students will perform equally as well, if not even better, than their 2014 predecessors. Their diligence, commitment, careful preparation and positive approach to their studies is certainly deserving of the highest rewards.
Whilst one cohort approach their final GCSE exams another cohort are just beginning their GCSE studies. Year 9 students are fully engaged in selecting their options subjects for study in September 2015. They have also taken internal KS3 assessments and are currently embarking on their GCSE syllabuses in Maths, English and Science. A huge amount of time and effort is spent on ensuring that all our students and their parents receive information, advice and guidance on the courses available to them and on possible career paths for the future. The school is most grateful to Mr Sharples for leading curriculum development and the careers support available from Mrs Addison and Innervate.
In addition to their focus on their academic studies, students at Woking High School have excelled in a wide variety of extra-curricular opportunities available through the school. ‘Calamity Jane’ our 2015 school production was received with much acclaim in February, slightly earlier in the academic calendar than in previous years. Packed houses were treated to a show performed superbly by the whole cast who really captured the spirit of the ‘Old West’. The costumes for the cast and the orchestra complimented the setting perfectly and the music provided firm favourites such as The
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Headteacher: Jane Abbott
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Woking High School, Morton Road, Horsell, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4TJ
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Email: info@wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk
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Black Hills of Dakota and the Deadwood Stage. As one of the audience commented “thank you for a wonderful evening’s entertainment. It was yet another example of Woking High School at its brilliant best”.
Yet again our public speaking teams have gained success in the Rotary Club competition. The Intermediate team of Stella Eyers, Maya Keynes and Lauren Finney and the Senior team of Isobel Aughterson, Vivienne Mathews and Sally Hitchings, were victorious at the local Woking Rotary competition and both teams went onto represent the school in the 2nd round. Here again both teams triumphed and gained passage through to the next stage of the competition. Although they did not win they performed exceptionally well and were runners up in both age groups. They have keep up the tradition of excellent public speaking at Woking High School.
The sporting prowess of Woking High School has been acknowledged nationally. In January we were delighted to learn that the school had been ranked 84th in the country for its sporting achievement. The ranking is based on a range of 120 national competitions, covering 20 different sports. Please see Mr Justice’s sports report later in the newsletter for full details of our students’ achievements.
Woking High School is very proud to have been presented with the International School’s Award on four separate occasions beginning in 2002/2003. With visits to Berlin, Ypres, Madrid, Naples, Aachen, Prato Nevoso, Paris and Leipzig on our academic calendar, guest students and staff from Japan, China, France and Germany
visiting the school and charity support for students in schools in Zambia and Gambia, and with our action plan approved we are on course to achieve the award once again in summer 2015. Exchanges and visits are hugely beneficial as they raise awareness and understanding of other cultures and also provide our students with the opportunity to practice speaking languages learned at school – a very valuable skill in our modern multi-lingual world. In the context of learning about other cultures we are also provided with the opportunity to reflect on and appreciate British values, an aspect of education is receiving much attention at present.
Charity work is a key part of life at Woking High School. This year our main chosen charity is Woking Hospice – a charity very close to our hearts and part of our local community. A number of activities and events have taken place to raise funds for this excellent cause, one of which was the Surrey Half Marathon. More than 50 members of staff signed up and completed the 13.1 mile run on 8th March and in doing so raised over £15,000 for the Hospice (for a detailed report see later in the newsletter). Congratulations to all who were involved with this wonderful team effort.
As we approach the Easter break may I take this opportunity to wish everyone associated with Woking High School a very happy, sunny spring holiday. We resume school for the summer term 8.55 a.m. on Monday 13th April.
With very best wishes.
Jane Abbott, Headteacher
Headteacher’s Letter
Welcome to Year 6On Wednesday 11 March we were delighted to welcome our cohort of 2015, in fact our graduates of 2020, to Woking High School. A packed hall of parents of our new cohort were able to listen to presentations from senior staff covering such areas as the ethos and values of the school, the curriculum and enrichment opportunities, assessment and reporting systems, the pastoral structure and details of the induction process from March to September. Meanwhile, students participated in taster sessions in Technology, Computing, PE and Science and also completed a ‘getting to know you quiz’. With time built into the evening for small group discussions over tea, coffee and cake it was a great opportunity to begin to forge relationships with our newest students. The feedback from the evening was excellent.
‘After receiving the offer it was lovely to return feeling part of the school’
‘A lovely idea to invite the new intake to the school so quickly’
‘Really good to visit again just after the excitement of getting a school place’
‘Really great presentations very inspiring’
‘Very informative and definitely a family feel’
‘Really motivating’
‘Made us feel part of the school’
‘Really loved the taster sessions’
‘Taster session is a great idea and very well received by x’
Jane Abbott, Headteacher
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Youth Speaks
Youth Speaks
Woking High school Youth Speaks teams enjoyed great
success again this year, maintaining their excellent record
of performance to date. In January, we triumphed for the
sixth year running in the Woking heat of the Rotary Club
competition, winning both the Intermediate and the Senior
heats. Stella Eyers, Maya Keynes and Lauren Finney were
placed first in the Intermediate round, beating off stiff
competition from St John the Baptist, Winston Churchill
School, and an impressive first-time entry from Ripley
Court. Stella was awarded best Speaker, and Ellen Stone,
a member of our second team entered at this level, won
best Vote of Thanks.
In the Senior round, our students went head to head
with each other in a round sadly lacking in entries
from other schools. Matthew Hill, Ross Davidson and
George Loxton, who went all the way to the Intermediate
Final last year, were pipped to the post by a fantastic
performance from our Year 11 team, Isobel Aughterson,
Vivienne Mathews and Sally Hitchings. Isobel was
awarded Best Speaker and Vivienne shared the prize for
best Chairperson with Ross. The Vote of Thanks was won
by George Loxton.
Both the Senior and the Intermediate winning teams then
went forward to the second round of the competition in
Hounslow in early February. Our Intermediate team were
placed first again, above Hawley Place and St Mark’s
School, while the Senior team beat Claremont Fan Court
School, Wavell School and the Royal Russell School.
As ever, things got really tough in the District round at
the end of February. Despite this, Isobel Aughterson still
managed to win best speaker at Senior level, jointly with
Year 13 student from Gunnersbury Catholic School. Our
Senior team were overall runners up to The Halliford
School, the same team who made it all the way to the
National Final last year – they are something of our
nemesis! First place in the Intermediate round went to Old
Palace of John Whitgift School, and once again our own
Intermediate team were runners-up.
Our sincere thanks go to the Woking District Rotary Club
for organising such an inspiring and rewarding event
for our young people; we’re thrilled to have achieved
success in the early stages of this prestigious and hugely
challenging competition, and look forward to yet another
chance to compete in April.
E Williams, Co-ordinator of Potential High Achievers
Welcome to Year 6
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On 5 March four students competed in the UK Maths
Team Challenge which is open to Years 8 and 9 from all
over the country. Woking High School’s team consisted of
Matthew Tweed and Jake Webb (Year 9) and Sohum Sen
and Sam Belcher (Year 8). This is the sixth year we have
taken part. Our heat was held at Lord Wandsworth School
in Hook. The competition was in four parts and took all
day. The first activity was for each team to answer 10
questions, under timed conditions. The second part was
solving a crossword but half the team had the down clues
and the other half had the across clues and they could only
On 24 February a team of
four were entered from
Woking High School to
take part in the Year 10
Maths Feast run by the
Further Maths Network.
The students involved were
Daniel Cheetham, Sana
Fatima, Skye Chappell
and David Atkins. The
competition took place at the University of Surrey and
consisted of 6 rounds over a period of two and a half
hours. The rounds were a mixture of long problem
solving questions, a card sort, constructing Columbus
cubes and an unseen round on Venn diagrams. The
students really enjoyed the challenge. There were
For eight Saturday mornings during January, February
and March, seven Year 8 students had the opportunity to
attend Maths Masterclasses at the University of Surrey
in Guildford. The Masterclasses consisted of four topics,
each covering two Saturdays. The topics were entitled
Keep it in the Family, Codes and Ciphers, Festival of
Fractions; Points, Pictures and Proof and Decisions,
Decisions, Decisions. The sessions were based on Maths
UK Maths Team Challenge (Years 8 and 9)
Year 10 Maths Team Challenge
Royal Institution Masterclasses In Mathematics
communicate through the teacher. This was the team’s
favourite section. The third section was the Shuttle where
one pair answered a question and passed their answer
to the other pair to use to answer their question. The
afternoon finished off with a relay race with competitors
dashing around the sports hall collecting questions and
returning answers. Thirty teams took part from all over
Surrey and Hampshire and Woking High were placed
14th. The students had a very enjoyable day and it gave
them a chance to practice their problem solving skills.
learned outside the normal curriculum and were extremely
thought provoking. The students who attended some or
all of the sessions were Sohum Sen, Raman Bansal, Yana
Skvortsova, Andrew Muir, Adam Gray, Sam Belcher
and Hasna Sahul Hameed. All the students enjoyed the
different experience of sitting in a lecture theatre and
being challenged by maths that most of them had not
encountered before.
certificates for the winners of each round but there
were no overall winners as the organisers wanted a less
competitive feel for the afternoon. The aim was for the
students to have fun and have different mathematical
experiences.
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Maths Competitions
The Intermediate Challenge is aimed at students in
Year 11 or below across the UK. The challenge involves
answering 25 multiple choice questions in one hour and is
sat in school under normal exam conditions.
The top 40% of students nationally receive a gold,
silver or bronze certificate. Around 500 of the highest
scorers in each school year are invited to take part in the
Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad papers and a further
5,500 students from across all three year groups are
invited to sit the Pink (Yr 10) and Grey (Yr 9) European
Kangaroo papers. These are one-hour papers with 25
multiple choice questions, taken by students from over 30
countries worldwide.
Congratulations to the following Year 10 students who qualified for the Pink Kangaroo: Alex Zalaf
George Loxton
Congratulations to the following Year 9 students who qualified for the Grey Kangaroo:
Matthew Tweed
Raul Goddard Cardona
Jake Webb
Daniel Seabrook
This is the most students we have had in getting through
to the next round. Superb effort!
Gold Certificates were awarded to the following: Year 10:
Alex Zalaf
Year 9:
George Loxton
Matthew Tweed
Raul Gordon Cardona
Jake Webb
Intermediate UK Maths ChallengeSilver Certificates were awarded to the following: Year 10:
Eloise Alden Ben Jones
Eithan Hughes Zac Seymour
Robbie Faulkner Jack Rafter
Evrim Isik Miles Spiller
Phoebe Grant Harri Jones
Year 9:
Daniel Seabrook Chris Pearce
Milan Sajiv Zainab Abid
Abdullah Ahmad Dalya Abdali
Bronze Certificates were awarded to the following:
Year 10:
Will Murrells Callum Henderson
Ross Davidson Hannan Hussain
David Pulguinhas Heather Dexter
Anna Radomska Ashley Lambert
Elsa Riley Elliot Cortade
Megan Conquer Daniel Cheetham
Year 9:
Lucy Fortescue David Diaconu
Michael Pope Vishal Ramesh
Nazia Hossain Alishba Mughal
Zoe Neale Imogen Pelham
Ben Shepherd Ben Rolfe
Miles Gilkes Ben Payne
Isaac Birks Daniel Copper
David Sarney Oliver Cockell
Rhys Savage
A special mention must go to Ram Marwaha Year 7 who
received a Silver Certificate.
Well done to everyone who took part.
P Dixon, Maths
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Coding Hub
did not make the cut. The standard from all schools was extremely high and although we did not make it into the regional competition, the students hugely enjoyed the day and learned a great deal about the workings of the British Justice system.
STUDENTS TAKING PART:
Year 9 Max Petters Lauren Finney Imogen Pelham Sam Tuckley Byrne Joe Eke Matt Danton Ellen Stone Lucy Fortescue
Year 8 Sam Wildfire Marcus Truman Luc Frean Max Chitty Adam Gray Shannon Matthews Seb Ellis
J Trinder, Religious Education
The annual Mock Magistrates trial competition, run by the Citizenship Foundation took place at Guildford Magistrates Court on 14 March. Six schools from the South East of England took turns to prosecute and defend the fictional Pat Taylor, on trial for theft, in an authentic setting and under the guidance of a team of legal professionals.
The scheme is a fantastic opportunity for students to challenge themselves and develop a variety of important skills including team work, research and public speaking. Standing in a court room and trying a case in a competitive setting against some bright and confident opponents, the Woking High School team were at all times a credit to the school.
In addition, the students were given the opportunity to visit the court cells and ask questions of the staff, have a look at a prisoner transport vehicle and meet a police dog handler with her Belgian Malinois. Finally, there was a question-and-answer session with some high profile legal professionals including a high court judge, a barrister and the governor of a prison.
Out of the six schools present, only one went through to the next round and unfortunately Woking High School
Mock Magistrates
Mock MagistratesEnglish Intervention Programme
Woking High
School Computing
Department became
the Coding Hub for
The University of
Surrey as part of
our long term plan
to move towards
further developing
programming
and computing at the school. This Hub offers a higher
level coding and programming training to our students
by members of the Computing Department from the
university. In addition, schools from North-West Surrey
will be trained in how to use various programming
languages, such as Python, and an introduction to
Robotics using Raspberry Pi’s, Arduino boards, and a new
addition - the Galileo boards by Intel.
A Afana, Computing
The Key Stage 3 English intervention programmes have been building momentum during recent weeks.
Every week a small group of dedicated Year 10 students works with a number of Year 8s who require specific intervention for reading and writing skills. The Year 10s have led sessions based upon the skills they need to become successful learners at Key Stage 4. The atmosphere in the room has been one of focused, academic collaboration with all involved taking value from the sessions. The Year 8 students have displayed terrific progress and have embraced the support provided by their mentors, whilst the older students have flourished in their role as leaders and are using this programme to secure their own knowledge, gain credit for their Duke of Edinburgh awards and add value to the school. The programme is shortly to be rolled out, in a similar format, to Year 7 students.
Meanwhile, the Year 9 intervention programme has taken a different path. A small group of students meet once a cycle with both the Head of English and Head of Year 9 to discuss their current reading habits. These sessions have proved to be engaging and interesting.
S Govey, Head of English
Coding Hub English Intervention Programme
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Space Week
Solar Eclipse SATRO Problem Solving Challenge
Congratulations to Matthew Tweed, Jannah Elgendy, Asad
Farooqi, Thomas Ivory-Bray, Sohum Sen, Dominic Tweed,
Michael Harding, Keshav Rao and James Underwood who
represented Woking High School at the Surrey SATRO
problem solving challenge heats in February. They
competed against teams from a number of other schools
to design and build a gravity-powered roundabout for polo
mints. The solutions from both teams were ingenious. The
Key Stage 3 team did particularly well, coming second
in their age group and so winning a place in the finals at
Charterhouse School later this term.
H Gallagher, Head of Science
To mark World Space Week on 4 -10 October 2014,
assemblies included an exciting demonstration of rocket
power. Students learned about the many challenges
surrounding the launch of satellites and the issues
caused by space junk. Students were invited to lunchtime
enhancement sessions in the Science department, to find
out more about the Physics of Space.
National Science and Engineering Week ran from 9 -13
March, and was also marked by assemblies. Students found
out about the partial Solar Eclipse on Friday 20 March
and how to view it safely, and were invited to come up to
the Science department on that day for help constructing
a solar eclipse viewer. They also learnt about Pi Day on
Saturday 14 March 2015. On this day, if you write the date
in the American format, at exactly 9.26 and 53 seconds, the
date and time will be the first 10 digits of Pi!
H Bujok, Science
SATRO Problem Solving Challenge
Space Week Solar Eclipse
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French Exchange 2015
On 3 March, thirteen students and two staff set off for a
week’s exchange trip to our partner school in the heart of
Paris, ‘Le Collège Jacques Decour’.
Having travelled to Paris on the Eurostar, we arrived at the
Gare du Nord and walked for fifteen minutes to get to the
school, where we were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd
of French students and a delightful array of drinks and
biscuits to welcome us to France.
During our stay, we spent a morning in the French
school, where students noticed the importance attached
to learning foreign languages in general and English
in particular. They observed the high standards of
presentation that students have in their work and the
diligent attitude that many of their exchange partners have
towards their studies.
On the Thursday and Friday, we took the opportunity
to visit some of the cultural sites of Paris, including the
Eiffel Tower, the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de
Versailles. We also went on a boat cruise on the Bateaux
Parisiens which allowed us to take in many historic
monuments and learn more about the history of this great
city. We took a stroll past the impressive Louvre museum,
with its giant pyramid of glass sitting amidst the imposing
18th century buildings on the right-bank of the River
Seine. Later, we saw some of the street artists perform
outside the Pompidou Centre and a few enjoyed having a
caricature drawing done.
French Exchange 2015Students spent the weekend ‘en famille’ with their French
hosts, where they were able to experience many aspects
of French life, including the priority of family meal
times and the wide variety of cultural interests, including
theatre, cinema and literature.
Our students returned to London on Monday with a fresh
appreciation of the benefits of learning French and many
had fallen in love with Paris, an entrancing city to which
they hope to return as soon as they can.
We very much look forward to welcoming our exchange
partners when they return to Woking High School in May,
when we hope to give them a proper British welcome and
allow them to appreciate the cultural delights of London
and Woking!
R Webster, Head of Modern Foreign Languages
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As part of our WWI centenary commemorations, two Year
10 students and one member of staff have participated
in a four day visit to the Flanders battlefields. The tour,
organized through Equity and the Institute of Education,
enabled students to carry out research into World War I
with the support of experts, access to historical archives,
and visits to six cemeteries. The lives and experiences
of local soldiers were tracked by the students as they
explored what war was like for them.
The impact of the First World War was felt acutely
by the students when they saw the rows of graves
and particularly when they found the graves of local
servicemen. Walking in the footsteps of the soldiers, who
fought in the Battle of the Somme, was also a poignant
moment. The two students are keen to honour and respect
the men, who fought for the country, and are going to
lead a range of projects, including organising a memorial,
during the Summer Term. Year 9 students are looking
This term students from Years 7, 8 and 10 have been
spending the end of their school week creating some tasty
dishes.
Year 7 and 8 have been creating winter warmer style
meals including chicken pie, minestrone soup and
chocolate brownies. Year 10 have been making traditional
meals from around Europe such as Spanish paella,
Hungarian goulash and Swedish meatballs.
All students have found the after school club to be fun and
valuable. They have all been able to learn and practice key
skills in the kitchen which will support them later in life.
Many of the students have made new friends through the
club and have gained lots of confidence!
During the summer term I will be launching a four
week course for Years 7-10 to make a selection of fruity
desserts. The recipes will include cheesecakes and pastry
tarts.
I hope to see you there!
J Fear, Technology
Special Centenary Battlefields Tour
Cookery Club
forward to the annual Woking High School visit to the
battlefields which will take place in both May and July.
If you are from the area and have relatives who fought in
WWI, please get in touch as the students would love to
hear your story.
R Porcheret, English
Special Centenary Battlefields TourCookery Club
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The cast, directed by Mrs Selmes, was headed up by
Eleanor Gravette as Calamity Jane, Michael Fox as Wild
Bill Hickock, Hannah Pucci as Katie Brown and Hans
Hilder as Lieutenant Danny Gilmore. This classic love
story was presented beautifully by the four leads and
ably supported by the featured players: Sophie Russell
in her cameo as the inimitable Adelaide Adams, Phoebe
Dunham as the all-singing, all-dancing Francis Fryer,
David Sugden as the ‘fizzy as a sarsaparilla’ saloon
keeper, Henry Miller, Izzy Bostock as Susan, Jamie Jones
as Doc Pierce, Jodie Moffatt as Joe, Maya Keynes as
Hank, Lauren Finney as Pete, Gemma as the Colonel of
Fort Scully and Jack Gale as Rattlesnake. The supporting
chorus were wonderful and have been some of the very
best young actors we have worked with.
As always we were ably supported by Mr Smee, Mr
Griffiths and the Technical Advice Group who provided
excellent sound, light and staging for the show.
The show demanded a huge commitment from students
and staff. The time and energy required to stage a show is
considerable. Thanks to all those who participated; every
contribution was essential and much appreciated.
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Calamity JaneOur annual production - Calamity Jane - played to
packed houses just before half term. The story of the
rambunctious, sharpshooting cowgirl is one made famous
by Doris Day and it is from this inspiration that we began
our own special Calamity Jane.
It was a show performed with great energy and
enthusiasm by all the cast and it captured beautifully both
the romance and the humour of the original tale and added
something of the flavour of the Old West.
With a nod to frontier life, the cast were dressed by Rev.
Chrissie Lacey and the costume team as saloon girls,
cowhands and gamblers. Nerf guns were adapted by Mr
Smee and added to the theme of the wild west.
The music by Sammy Fain gave us several firm favourites
such as ‘The Deadwood Stage’ and ‘The Black Hills of
Dakota’ as well as the unforgettable ‘My Secret Love’.
The orchestra, all in matching cowboy outfits, played
wonderfully, conducted as always by Mr Goodwin. The
score is a full one with very little time between musical
numbers keeping them very busy from start to finish.
The choreography was led by Phoebe Dunham who
devised and developed all the routines. She also showed
us her own particular skills in her tap dance for ‘Everyone
complains about the weather’.
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Calamity Jane
CAST
Calamity Jane Eleanor Gravette
Wild’ Bill Hickock Michael Fox
Katie Brown Hannah Pucci
Danny Gilmartin Hans Hilder
Francis Fryer Phoebe Dunham
Henry Miller David Sugden
Susan Miller Izzy Bostock
Adelaide Adams Sophie Russell
Doc Pierce Jamie Jones
Rattlesnake Jack Gale
Pete Lauren Finney
Hank Maya Keynes
Joe Jodie Moffatt
CHORUS
Year 10 Joshua Boothroyd
Year 8 Gemma Lees,
Ella Shankla,
Nuria Gomez,
Lucinda Joos,
Harriet Pringle
Year 7 Tamsin Andrews,
Jazzlyn Saunders,
Rachel Garbett,
Amy Morton,
Gurpreet Dhoot,
Hannah Sheldon,
Keira Purchase,
Saffron Chambers-Randell
ORCHESTRA
Reed 1 Paul Best
Reed 2 Ben Puttock
Reed 3 Ellen Steinbach
Reed 4 Grace Stubbington
Clarinet 1 Rachel Lovelace
Clarinet 2 Aidan Gale
1st Trumpet Adam Best
2nd Trumpet Matthew Hill
1st Trombone Alex McLean
2nd Trombone Andrew Lumb
Trombone (Bass) James Hardacre
Drum Kit Sam Fox
Piano Fiona Godden (Surrey Arts)
1st Violin Miss Dixon
2nd Violin Miss Marris
Bassoon Anna Kozlowska
Bass Guitar Mr Turner
T.A.G.
Mark Savage
Linus Fuge
Atifah Abdullahi
Vivienne Mathews
Nicola Gilbert
Stella Eyers
James Barber
Thomas Mills
Daniel Copper
N Selmes, Head of Drama and S Goodwin,
Director of Musical Performance
COSTUMES
Lucy Fortescue
Annabel Griffiths
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Tel: 01483 888447 Fax: 01483 888448
Email: info@wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk
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Headteacher: Jane Abbott
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Joint Concert
On 17 March, we welcomed military musicians from
The Band of the Royal Logistic Corps. Located at The
Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley, this local band
had visited us on numerous occasions before, the last
time being in 2011. The Director of Music, Captain Craig
Bywater agreed to bring his musicians to work alongside
our own Windband and choir, in a collaboration which
turned out to be an amazing concert, attended by parents,
Governors and members of the local community.
The visit commenced with a short careers presentation
to a select number of Year 10 and 11 musicians by the
Corps of Army Music Recruiting Team. This informative
presentation highlighted the potential career progression
for an army musician and the varied roles they could play
within the organisation. In the afternoon all musical forces
gathered in the hall to rehearse the challenging selection
of music in preparation for the concert.
At 7pm, with the hall packed to capacity, the musicians
of the massed bands struck up with the rhythmic Spanish
dance, Malaguena. An America flavour developed
throughout much of the concert with arrangements by
artists such as Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Frank
Sinatra and Leonard Bernstein. The School Choir,
`Vocalise’ joined the band to perform two numbers from
Stage Musicals. The haunting classic `Somewhere’ from
West Side Story contrasted nicely with the mixture of
songs from Schönberg’s Les Miserables, which provided
a brief musical journey to Europe and the French
Revolution. Both choral interludes spotlighted some of
our most outstanding vocalists, including Sophie Russell,
Gabriella Ferlita, Hannah Pucci and Elizabeth Kozlowska
from Year 11, with many others from all year groups. Other
features, most noticeably, included a trombone section of
eight; all amazing in their rendition of Cole Porter’s jazz
standard, `You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To’. Well
done to the Woking High School trombones of James
Hardacre, Andrew Lumb and Alex McLean. American
Composer Stephen Bulla’s composition `Declaration
for Trumpet’ provided an opportunity for Woking High
School to demonstrate another talented young man, Year
10 student, Matthew Hill who played the trumpet solo with
great dexterity and received much applause.
Spectacular Concert at Woking High School with The Band of The Royal Logistic Corps
In the second half, The RLC Big band was a particular
treat for all. Duke Ellington hit `Caravan’ and Glen
Miller’s `Tuxedo Junction’ was authentic in style with
some well-crafted improvisation, leading the audience
to their feet to dance and clap along to the infectious
rhythms. The finale, ‘Into the Light’ was a truly
compelling performance to end the concert. American
composer, Jay Bocook, structured this one-movement
work in two main sections, one reflective and one soaring
and optimistic. This provided the biggest challenge of the
day to all performers, but one which paid off following
the rehearsals.
We are extremely grateful to the Royal Logistic Corps
band for gifting our young students with the opportunity
of working with such professional military musicians. The
concert was free of charge, but we did raise a generous
sum through our collection at the end, with donations
that will be shared between The Corps of Army Music
Trust Fund (which provides financial support to ex-
army musicians) and our own Windband and Music
Performance Fund. The concert was a truly remarkable
evening of music which our students and audience will
remember for years to come.
S Goodwin, Director of Music Performance.
Stephen Moore Year 8 with the RLC Director of Music Cptn C Bywater
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Media Visits to Woking CollegeFilm Festival
The 9th annual Film Festival took place in February to
showcase a range of entries across all year groups with
an incredible turnout from Year 9. The Media Department
were highly impressed with the calibre of the students’
work. Daily screenings took place over three days and
students could vote for their favourite films across several
categories. In the Golden Bunny Awards ceremony the
following winners were announced:
Best Director MATTHEW TWEED
Best Male Actor SAM LEEMING
Best Female Actor ANNA EMSLIE
Best Producer MAX PEMBERTON
Best Comedy “THE BEAST AND THE HERO”
Film FestivalBest Thriller “EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED”
Most Enjoyable “KARATE BOY:
NOT KARATE KID”
Overall Best Film “DRONE ATTACK:
MAX PEMBERTON”
The red carpet has, sadly, been rolled away and the
curtains drawn until next year. Hopefully we will have
another amazing turnout, both in film production and
audience participation at the screenings. Well done to all
the entrants and nominees and a huge congratulations to
the winners!
L Mitchell, Media
In a bid to forge links with Woking College, our Year 10
Media students were fortunate enough to spend a day in
the new film studio at the college. Here, each group was
given the opportunity to plan, film and edit two short films
with the wonderful support and encouragement of Lorna
Herdman (Head of Media Studies at the college) and
some students from the college.
In addition, Year 11 Media Students gave up a couple
of evenings to attend a workshop on how to use the
editing software on the suite of Apple Mac computers at
Woking College. The students were really excited to be
able to work on the apple mac computers and were very
appreciative of the efforts made by Woking College during
the course of our visits. Woking College even took it upon
themselves to professionally edit some footage for the
students and they were able to enjoy the films in advance
of the Film Festival!
Many thanks, again, to Woking College and in particular
to Lorna Herdman!
J Tuson, Head of Media
Media Visits to Woking College
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Ski Visit 2015
Every year Woking High School offers a ski visit and
during the last few years the venue has been in Italy.
This year we went to Prato Novoso, a small mountain
town that’s popular with locals and has a perfect view
of the mountainous region. We had three skill groups
made up of 29 students and 4 teachers; the organiser and
most experienced skier Mrs Paterson and Mrs Heller,
accompanied by the two beginners Mr Goosen and Miss
Rouse. We couldn’t have asked for a better group of
teachers.
The first few days were full of falls but there was no
shortage of fun and enjoyment, we couldn’t wait to get
back out on the snow. Off the snow we spent our time
either in the town or in the hotel, which had more than we
could ask for when it came to entertainment and service.
The Woking High School Ski Visit 2015Three great meals a day with a buffet style salad bar at
lunch and dinner, plus a homemade ice cream machine!
‘Prato Novoso’ means snowy meadows, and it certainly
lived up to its name. We had beautiful scenery combined
with great weather which created perfect ski conditions.
You won’t get much better than what we had.
The instructors who taught us in Prato really put the icing
on the cake, I think I can speak for everyone and say that
without the great instructors the visit would have been
very different; funny, playful and helpful yet professional,
the Prato ski school offered us an amazing time.
It is a fantastic visit that everyone should experience!!!
Harry Mitchell, 11I
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Harry Potter StudiosBletchley Park
The first Day 11 of 2015 involved 14 different activities
and 20 guest speakers. A select group of Year 11s
completed their English Controlled Assessment by
working with Miss Powderly for the day. The other 225
Year 11s worked through a carousel of workshops run by
Farnborough 6th Form lecturers and students giving our
students tasters in their future courses which included
Psychology, Sociology, Graphics, Law and Economics.
Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh students battled with the
rain and completed some basic map and compass work
around the school grounds to help them for their first
expedition. A group of Year 8 students had the opportunity
to work with comic book illustrator Kev Sutherland. He
even drew a character of each of them to take home as a
memento of the day.
On the 18 March, the Computing Department organised
a whole day visit to Bletchley Park for 40 students. This
visit is organised once a year to introduce students to the
history of computing, and how devices and programming
languages have evolved over the years. Students had the
In February our Year 9
Media students had the
excitement and privilege
of attending a Warner Bros
Studio Tour of Harry Potter
World. In addition to the
tour, the students were able to attend a film workshop run
by the studio. Here, they had the opportunity to examine
film sequences with the intention of developing their
understanding of why a director chooses to use different
mise-en-scene to communicate atmosphere, meaning
and narrative. The tour was memorable; awe-inspiring
artefacts, magnificent sets, and brilliant displays of
special-effects technology.
Day 11
Bletchley Park
Year 9 Media Studies Visit to Harry Potter Studios
On 10 February we had a Year 9 and 10 GCSE Media
visit to Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio, where students
got an insight into the world of film production. A group
from Year 7 tackled the dry ski slope at Bracknell with the
remaining students taking part in interhouse sports events.
Year 8s worked with Peer Productions to consider ‘body
image’ and followed up by working in tutor groups.
We look forward to the warmer weather over the next
few Day 11s with many off site visits already booked to
Bletchley Park, the Globe Theatre and Canterbury
M Abbs-Rowe,
Director of Technology - Leadership Team
opportunity to experiment with the very first computer,
built during WWII, and learn more about Enigma
machine, using various old and new programming
languages.
A Afana, Computing
We are already looking forward to next year’s “spell-
binding” visit!
J Tuson, Media
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What an exciting year so far for the House Team
at Woking High School – with a wide variety of
competitions, the stand-out one so far has to be ‘Woking
High’s Got Talent’. With over 360 students attending
and over 30 students taking part, the talents on display
were truly superb and the judges had a very difficult
job in deciding the winning act. There were 16 acts in
total including singing, dancing, music, baton twirling
and comedy. The scores were extremely tight but the
winning act was Zaynab Rehman 9G for her amazing
rendition of well-known pop song ‘Salute’ by Little Mix
gaining 500 housepoints for her house – Stephenson. The
runners up were Mia Lansdell and sisters Amy and Ruby
Hamilton who performed an awe-inspiring baton twirling
routine. They gained 100 house points for Faraday and
Stephenson.
Stephenson have been extremely busy collecting house
points and with the whopping 600 housepoints gained at
the Talent Show, they have managed to go top for the first
time this year. Scores are extremely tight between Brunel
and Faraday in second and third place with only 35 points
separating them! Faraday had been trailing at the bottom
all year but have now overtaken last Year’s House Cup
winners, Curie, who currently sit in last place!!
We are a group of over 100 students who actively try to
help support our fellow students. Every form in the school
has a representative and some have over 5! We actively
look reach out to students to help them, or direct them
to where they can find help. Each half term we meet to
discuss our concerns, but we are always looking for ways
to support our community. This term we have started to
wear good citizen badges and bright yellow lanyards,
these people are on the Good Citizen patrol. They have
given up their lunch time to help people So if you have
any questions or concerns and you want to share them and
you see a patrol near you, you can just come up and tell
them and they will try to help as best as they can.
Srikar Rao 8E and Luka Dehnbostel 8A
House News
Who are Good Citizens?
CURRENT SCORES:
1st Stephenson 7581
2nd Brunel 7052
3rd Faraday 7017
4th Curie 6506
The next house event is the Woking High School Charity
Fun Run on 26 March. The winning house will gain 500
housepoints, and this year all money raised will go to our
chosen charity - Woking Hospice. Other events to look
forward to are the Bake Off, the Dance Off and of course
the biggest day in the House Calendar - Sports Day! Good
luck to all who take part - may the best house win!
C Rouse, Head of House System
House NewsGood Citizens
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We were delighted to welcome Cllr Tony Branagan,
Mayor of Woking, to meet our Young Carers one
lunchtime in February. The students thoroughly enjoyed
the opportunity to talk to Cllr Branagan and eat home-
made scones and jam. Cllr Branagan said that it was
important to be mindful that some young people have
more responsibilities at home beyond their years. He has
been enthusiastic in his support of Woking High School
and especially our Young Carers who are the focus of one
of his chosen Mayoral charities this year.
It has been an exciting year to be involved in supporting
the Mayor’s charities where we have helped in a bucket
collection at Woking Football Club and selling raffle
tickets at the Beer Festival. We recently heard the exciting
news that Barnbrook Sinclair, the Chartered Accountants
in St John’s have raised over £1000 in online donations
for the Young Carers at Woking High School. We are very
grateful to their staff for all their hard work and support.
C Wilkinson, Student Support Officer
Young Carers at Woking High School supported by the Mayor’s Charities.
In the first week of March, Year 7 Citizenship lessons
explored what it means to be British. Students discussed
and debated a range of issues including the definition of
multiculturalism, their own diverse origins and whether
it’s even possible to define “Britishness.”
Students shared their thoughts and ideas about what our
culture means to them and what they value most about
living in modern Britain. Some of them agreed to go
home and research their own surnames and share this with
their classmates later in the week.
In Citizenship across the rest of the school, students were
discussing how everyone interprets things in a different
light, including “that dress”! Year 9 students looked at
planning for the future and Year 10 students explored
diverse families.
E Williams, Citizenship Co-ordinator
Year 7 Citizenship – What does it mean to be British?
Students named human rights as central to British values – along with drinking tea and putting up with bad weather.
Year 7 CitizenshipYoung Carers
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I am writing to ask on behalf
of Young Enterprise (YE)
if any parents might be
interested in getting involved
as advisers or business
mentors and help ignite the
spirit of enterprise in our
young people.
Not only is it a valuable, challenging experience in itself,
but YE experience is also a bankable experience for your
children. Being relevant, it can give alumni an advantage
when applying for jobs; however, YE needs more
volunteer business mentors/advisers urgently.
Each YE company at the school is assigned one adviser
who guides the fledgling company through the academic
year and who attends company meetings, usually held
after school during term time. If you have experience in
business and could possibly spare an hour per week during
term time, the Young Enterprise West Surrey Board would
Young Enterprise Companies at Woking High School - igniting the spirit of enterprise in our young people
be delighted to hear from you.
Business advisers are there in a supporting role only – the
students are responsible for running the companies. They
learn by any mistakes made – and they should have fun
and enjoy running their own company! Business advisers
are definitely not acting as teachers or as the CEO /
Managing Director of the company.
For further information, please contact either Ms Julie
Fear, the centre lead teacher for the Young Enterprise at
Woking High School or me, Robin Smith from the YE
Surrey West Board, by email at smith.robinsmith@gmail.
com or by telephone on 01483 724553 (I have been an
adviser for four years, three of these at Woking High
School).
We hope to hear from you.
Yours sincerely,
Robin Smith,
YE Business Adviser & West Surrey Board Member
On the evening of 4 February, students from the Woking
High School Young Enterprise programme attended the
Y Factor competition at the Royal Grammar School
in Guildford. The event was attended by other Young
Enterprise teams with their advisers from around West
Surrey, as well as local business people and guests.
The competition was a great opportunity for teams to
showcase their products and services, as well as see
what other Young Enterprise companies have achieved.
Furthermore, all teams had the chance of winning cash
prizes based on their product and service stands, website
and an advertisement that was screened in front of all
parties present.
Although Team “Illuminate” did not win any cash prizes
on the evening, they impressed judges and the Mayor of
Woking Cllr Tony Branagan, with their range of T-shirts
and hoodies. One of the judges even purchased a T-shirt
on the evening! Many of the guests commented on how
Team “Illuminate” impress the judges at the Y Factormature and professional the students were. Even more
surprising to the guests was that our students were the
youngest competitors at the Y Factor as most entrants
were at sixth form level.
The evening was a very enjoyable and valuable learning
experience for our students. I am very proud of all of
them for how they represented the school and for all of
their hard work leading up to the competition. Well done!
J Fear, Young Enterprise Centre Lead
Y Factor CompetitionYoung Enterprise Companies
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Students have commented on how it has been a great opportunity for them to meet and work with new people, as well as learn about investing money and budgeting. The students particularly enjoy competing against other schools where winners can receive recognition and cash prizes for their products and services, marketing and advertising as well as report writing.
Students meet once a week and are given the opportunity to participate in competitions off site.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Young Enterprise then please see Miss Fear’s assembly for more details about how to apply and be part of this valuable experience.
J Fear, Young Enterprise Centre Lead
An amazing opportunity is available exclusively to all Year 9 students who are interested in working within business or perhaps even owning their own business one day!
The Young Enterprise programme is available at Woking High School and enables students to work in teams to run their own small business whilst overcoming real life challenges faced by those in the industry. Students learn valuable skills such as money management, presentation skills, innovation, team working and communication.
We currently have two teams at Woking High School who have taken part in many competitions across Surrey such as a Dragons Den competition. Team NuZulu provided a school disco to the Year 7s which was extremely profitable and Team Illuminate have been venturing into the world of T-shirt design, with many potential buyers.
Attention all Year 9 Entrepreneurs!
On 24 March, 44 of our students received their Bronze Award at the presentation evening at the HG Wells Suite in Woking.
Conor Bakhuizen Alice Gilbert Molly Neale Avani Bansal Eleanor Gravette Daniel Parkinson Jonathan Bell Thomas Griffiths Hannah Pucci Adam Best Elizabeth Hanger Amelia Riley
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Newsletter 2015Paul Best James Hardacre Megan Rogers Daisy Bradbury Daniel Harwood Ilaria Rosa Elizabeth Campbell Rebecca Higham Emily Stammers Freya Chitty Sarah Hills Claudia Stanley-Stote Samuel Chamberlin Sally Hitchings Lauren Summers Ellen Clark Sally Holcombe Grace Stubbington Lucy Danton Elizabeth Kozlowska Jessica Truman Zara Dieck Rachel Lovelace Ryan Waller George Eke Jessica Mallett Thomas Wallington Agnivesh Foolchand Hannah Marich Daniel Walton Linus Fuge Vivienne Mathews Olivia Woodham
We have 64 students enrolled this year and they have almost completed their expedition training, including a navigation and camp craft day when they learnt how to navigate using a map and compass and cook their lunch on a camping Trangia.
Thank you to all the staff at school who support the Award.
E King, Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator
Year 9 EntrepreneursDuke of Edinburgh’s Award
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In the last two months the School received news that
we have been ranked 84th in the top 100 sporting State
schools in the country. We are the only school in the
district to rank in the top 100 and one of only four in
Surrey. The list is based on achievement in a range
of national competitions that cover results from 20
different sports and 120 national competitions. This is
a tremendous honour. To see the list please follow the
following link: http://www.schoolsportmag.co.uk/top-100-
sports-schools/4587348675
The highlight of the term to date was winning 3 Team
County Titles at the Surrey Individual Swimming
Championships. Last year, we managed to win one so to
go two better and win both Junior Boys and Intermediate
Boys Titles and then the overall Best Boys School Award
was phenomenal, finishing a head of the likes of Whitgift
and Reeds.
As for current sporting events in school we have been
involved in an incredible number of tournaments and
fixtures and to date have been placed in many of these
competitions.
Boys BasketballThe boys Basketball team has put on a strong show, and
have won 2 out of the 5 District titles on offer. We won
the Year 7 and Year 9 competitions but agonisingly missed
out in the Year 11 final by 2 points to BDB and 1 point in
the Year 10 final to SJB. At County Level the Year 9 and
Year 10 teams have performed well both qualifying for the
Surrey League Play off semi-finals and the Year 10 final of
the County Cup against Carshalton Boys School. The Year
9 team came third in the Surrey Sports Partnership finals
recording 2 wins, 2 draws and a narrow loss.
Girls BasketballThe Year 10 and 11 girls Basketball teams have continued
to do well at both District and County Level. Both teams
have become District Champions and both performed
well in the County Finals with the Year 11 girls losing a
pulsating final to Archbishop Lanfranc by a score line of
28 – 22. Captain Ellen Steinbach has been outstanding all
season and led the team with distinction to a great win in
the English Schools competition against St Peters from
SPORTGuildford who made the last 8 of the Nationals last year.
The Year 10 team led by the supreme shooting of Phoebe
Grant were unlucky to lose their County semi final but
responded in great fashion by beating SJB 20 – 3 to
secure third place. At Key Stage 3 our girls have not been
so dominant but a series of improved performances saw us
finish as Runner Up in the District in Year 7, 8 and 9.
Swimming
At the Surrey Schools Individuals Championships we
achieved amazing success in both team and individual:
Overall Team Placings:
Overall Top Boys School
1st Woking High School
2nd Reeds
3rd Whitgift
Junior Boys (Year 7/8) :
1st Woking High School and Reigate Grammar
Inter Boys (Year 9/10) :
1st Woking High School
Senior Girls (Year 11-13) :
3rd Woking High School
Medal Performances :
Richard Sugden Intermediate Boys 100m
Breaststroke Gold
Oliver Zalaf Junior Boys 200m
Individual Medley Gold
Ewan Smith Intermediate Boys 100m
Freestyle Silver
Danielle Wood Senior Girls 100m
Breaststroke Silver
Olivia Wood Junior Girls 100m
Breaststroke Bronze
Alex Zalaf Intermediate Boys 200m
Individual Medley Bronze
Kirsten Young Intermediate Girls 200m
Individual Medley Bronze
Max Chitty Junior Boy 100m
Butterfly Bronze
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Following the County Championships 3 of our students
Ewan Smith, Richard Sugden and Oliver Zalaf have
been selected to represent Surrey in the South East Inter
Counties Gala.
At the recent North West Surrey Gala which had
11 Schools competing, we came second behind the
Winners SJB. Out of the 40 individual events we won an
impressive 14 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze medals.
Overall Results:
1st 374 SJB
2nd 355 Woking High School
3rd 278 Gordon’s
British Schools Biathlon FinalsFollowing the qualifying events that have taken over
the whole of Britain we are pleased to announce that 13
students from Woking High School have qualified for the
British Schools Finals to be held at the Olympic Park on
the 28 / 29 March.
The 13 students include: Fraser Tattersdill, Alex Zalaf,
Ewan Smith, Richard Sugden, Robert Faulkner, Joseph
Jakubait, Matthew Danton, Rory Smith, Oliver Zalaf,
Max Chitty, Eerik Cockin, Olivia Wood and Kirsten
Young. Many of our students ranked extremely highly and
we wish them well and hope for more national successes.
Girls FootballThe Under 14 girls have led the way and became joint
District 6-a-side Champions. They are also through to
the District and County Cup Semi-Finals where they will
play Winston Churchill and Fullbrook respectively. The
outstanding players for this age group have been Naomi
Jaenicke, Jasmine Paterson, Melissa Anders, Haleemah
Rashid and Georgina Wicks.
Boys FootballThe boys football teams have been extremely busy with
fixtures for both A and B teams and various 7-a-side
tournaments. Without doubt the stand-out team have
been the Year 9s who are through to the County Cup
semi final following an excellent 4 – 2 win against Oxted
in the quarter final. The team has been built on a solid
foundation with Luke Elliott in goal and the defensive trio
of Max Petters, Callum West and Adam Flynn. The boys
have a home semi-final against either Whitgift or Richard
Challoner.
Sport
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Cross CountryIn Cross Country two of our Year 11 students have been
selected for Surrey and Sally Hitchings ran for Surrey
in a South East Inter Counties match. Adam Tolefree
who was unable to compete in this match due to injury
will represent Surrey in the televised English Schools
Championship in Witton Country Park, Blackburn,
Lancashire on Saturday 14 March. This followed
excellent performances by the pair of them at the County
Championships in Reigate in January, where Adam was
unlucky to finish out of the medals gaining 4th place.
NetballThe Year 10 team performed particularly well at the
District Tournament finishing second after winning six
games, drawing one and losing just once against the
eventual winners Gordon’s. The Year 8 team won the
District League after winning all their matches (including
beating Salesians 31 – 2) but lost a nail biting District
Tournament semi-final on golden goal to Gordon’s.
Both Year 8 and Year 10 teams have qualified for the
Surrey Partnership Finals where they were runner up and
champions last year.
J Justice, Director of Sport
During this spring term we have continued to build our
relationship with Surrey University. Twenty Year 10
students spent an informative day at the University on 28
January where we had a tour of some of the university’s
accommodation, met current students and learned about
the importance of developing transferable skills. On 5
February forty Year 9 students attended the Surrey Skills
Festival. We spent an exciting afternoon visiting lots of
different stands where colleges, employers and training
This term some of our most academically able students
in Years 10 and 11 have benefited from opportunities
provided by our local schools and colleges. On 9 March
a group of Year 10 students visited Gordon’s School to
hear a talk by Dr. Jonathan Padley, Widening Participation
Officer for Churchill College Cambridge. He introduced
the students to Cambridge University and explained what
they look for in competitive applicants.
On 25 March a group of Year 11 students visited Woking
College to hear a talk by the Widening Participation and
Recruitment Officer from Brighton and Sussex Medical
University of Surrey
Local Opportunities Encourage our Students to Aim High
providers were promoting the opportunities they have
available to young people. Fourteen Year 7 students
attended the University on 11 March where we took part
in a full campus tour and learnt about what it would be
like to study at university. Finally on 25 March Year 10
students were able to take part in an exciting Law taster
day at the University. We look forward to more visits to
come.
H Addison, Assistant Student Support Officer
School. Dr Sam Wickham spoke about why students
might choose medicine as a career and explained what
they need to consider to make a successful application to
medical school. He also discussed the particular course
structure and learning methods used at Brighton and
Sussex Medical School.
We are delighted to be building up increasingly strong
links with local schools and colleges and to have the
chance take advantage of these excellent opportunities.
E Williams, Potential High Achievers Co-ordinator
University of SurreySport
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cost to you. It only takes a few minutes to sign up and if you download the toolbar or app, Give as You Live will do the rest. Every little we can raise brings us a step closer to funding the AstroTurf. The link to our page can be found here https://www.giveasyoulive.com/join/fowhs
Once again we’d like to remind you about the Prize Club giving parents and carers the opportunity to enter a termly lottery. Subscriptions to the Prize Club are £5 per month collected termly and all information can be found on the FOWHS page of the school website or by contacting us directly.
Our next meeting is on 19 May at 7pm. The FOWHS are always delighted to welcome new members – if you’re unable to attend meetings but would like to help support our fundraising activities, or you’d like to find out more information about the Prize Club or Give as You Live, please contact us at fowhs@wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk. Thank you!
Sarah Flaherty, Secretary Friends of Woking High School
Last month, the Friends of Woking High School met for early morning coffee and croissants and we were delighted to have new members join us. The minutes of our meeting and a lot more information about our activities can be found on our webpage on the school website http://www.wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk/Friends-of-Woking-High.
Each term the FOWHS donates money to individual departments to fund extras: musical instruments; games; dictionaries; young carer activities and attendance awards. This term we are hoping to do something different and contribute towards a covered outside space that students can use during break and lunch times. This is the area where we are hoping to position the shelter and an impression of what it could look like. It is something the students have requested so we are delighted to be able to help fund the initiative.
We are also proud to be able to support fundraising activities for the provision of the school’s new AstroTurf. The FOWHS have made the first donation of £10,000 and we are now looking for innovative ways to raise additional money and will send out more information in the near future to let you know how you will be able to join in. In the meantime if you have ideas please let us know at the FOWHS email address below.
Last year, the FOWHS set up a Give as You Live page. For all online purchases through the high street’s favourite retailers, a percentage is donated to the school at no extra
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The Woking Bikeathon will take place on Sunday 10 May. Individuals and groups are encouraged to take part in what is a fun day
out for everyone with the knowledge that the money raised will help those in need throughout the borough.
The Bikeathon will start in Woking Park at 10:00, with two routes available to riders, a short route of approx 13 miles and a long route of approx 28 miles.
For the second year running The Woking Kids’ Bikeathon will also take place in Woking Park. Starting at 11:00, this will give younger children the chance to be involved by following a short course around the Park.
The Woking BikeathonThe Young Carers at Woking High School will benefit from this event as one of the Mayor’s charities.
The Entry Fee is: Children £10 but on the day it will be £15 Adults £15 but on the day it will be £25.
The entry fees include a rider’s pack including route maps. Entry forms and Sponsorship forms are available at www.wokingbikeathon.co.uk. Alternatively for more information call Terry Smith on 01483 762832.
C Wilkinson, Student Support Officer
The Woking Bikeathon
Woking High School is an exempt charity and company limited by guarantee. Registered in England with Company Number 8586085 and has a registered office as above.
Woking High School, Morton Road, Horsell, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4TJ
Tel: 01483 888447 Fax: 01483 888448
Email: info@wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk
Web: www.wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk
Headteacher: Jane Abbott
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Please could we remind you all to park safely in and around
the school, by respecting the parking signs and restrictions,
and not parking on the yellow zig-zag lines on Morton Road.
Please can we also request that you are courteous to local
residents and avoid parking over driveway entrances.
We have recently launched two new Twitter accounts where you can ‘follow’ us for the latest news @
WokingHigh and sporting achievements @WokingHighSport. Our Latin department has an already
well-established Twitter following @LatinWHS, and we will be looking to explore the use of Twitter
more widely via other departments in the future.
A Phipps, Communications Manager
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Summer Term 13 April – 21 July 2015
Half Term 25 May – 29 May 2015
INSET Day 19 June 2015
Term Dates
Woking High School are supporting Woking & Sam Beare
Hospices as our major charity for this academic year.
There have been a number of charity events throughout
the term in aid of the Woking Hospice including
Valentine’s day card making, student collections and
cake sales, however the focal point undoubtedly was the
Surrey Half Marathon run on Sunday 8 March. The run
saw 58 entries from Team Woking High which included
members of staff and a few family members who donned
the purple vest of Woking Hospice and ran the streets of
Woking at a variety of speeds! Almost
every department was represented, both
teaching and support staff, with many
participants ranging from trainee teachers,
class teachers, Heads of Departments,
Heads of Year and members of the Senior
Leadership Team and the Headteacher.
The staff room on the Monday morning
after the race was the scene for many
aching and weary bodies, but the sense of
achievement and pride was undeniable.
The race not only united staff across all
parts of the school but, more importantly,
raised almost £20,000 for Woking
Hospice. All of the runners would like to
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thank everybody who not only supported them on the day,
but donated so generously to this fantastic cause. It is still
not too late to donate and show your support for Woking
Hospice and the 58 members of team Woking High who
ran a combined total of 760 miles at www.justgiving.com/
account/teams/teamwokinghigh/.
With thanks to the Woking News and Mail photographer,
Tony Charter for the photograph below.
M Scott, Assistant Headteacher
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