Blog week ending 4th February

Happy New Year ; The Chinese New Year started on the 1st February and ends on 15th February and is the year of the Tiger, which according to the Chinese horoscope promises to be the year for bold action!  Unsurprisingly, our Mandarin students marked the occasion with special lessons and in the case of our Year 8 MEP students, a Chinese traditional dress clothes show!

 

WG6 Mandarin Electives Group.  Our electives programme run every Wednesday afternoon and offers students a broad range of societies and activities designed to develop skills to enhance future career and life ambitions.  To celebrate the new year students wrote the Chinese character , for blessing, to mark the year of the Tiger. 

To view an online booklet detailing the many groups and activities available at WG6 please click here

Miss Ogunkanmi, our Librarian challenged students to a Chinese New Year themed word search as a fun ‘do now’ task at the start of the lesson.  Students then moved onto working on a comprehension task based on an excerpt from the action thriller, “The Bourne Imperative” before moving on to compose their own dynamic, attention grabbing opening paragraph!

Year 10 & 11 students took part in a ‘Maximising Success’ session delivered by external specialist Life Skills.   ‘Maximising Success’ is a series of workshops that help students to revise effectively, proactively and more enjoyably. The workshops are designed to help boost assessment and exam results across the curriculum.

Mr Smalley’s Year 9 Physics students have been exploring specific heat capacity during a practical lesson. Students were investigating the relative heating times measuring and recording mass, temperature and power.

Year 12 Career Guidance.  Year 12 students have all been offered a careers guidance interview, with a professional careers adviser, to help them to consider their career options and plan their next steps.  Meetings will continue until Easter and form part of the comprehensive careers support available to sixth form students.

National Apprenticeship Week will take place from 7 to 13 February 2022. The theme of the week will be ‘build the future’, and it focuses on highlighting the benefits apprenticeships can have on individuals, businesses, and local communities.

National Apprenticeship Week brings together apprenticeship ambassadors, MPs, training providers, apprentices, parents and employers to celebrate the work being done across the whole apprenticeship community, promoting apprenticeships and their impact.

The week will shine a light on the positive differences that apprenticeships can make to individuals, employers and to the wider economy. To celebrate, we will have displays in school and success stories from some of our alumni who followed this pathway.

More information about the campaign is available on the government website or the official apprenticeships Twitter account.

Kent Teacher of the Year Awards 2022 – who will you nominate?  The Kent Teacher of the Year Awards provide an opportunity to recognise the people who really make a difference to our school and its students! 

Nominations are welcome for all members of our school community - teaching staff, support staff, members of the PTA and senior leaders. To nominate a member of our school please click here to complete the form.  Every one of your nominations means so much to our staff!

Mrs Leamon led an all-school assembly to mark Safer Internet Day and to reinforce positive online habits.  The Safer Internet Campaign aims to encourage families to have a conversation about the online world, and support students and their families to make the most of the opportunities offered by the internet in a safe and positive way.  To read their ‘advice for parents and carers’ please click here

The Wilmington Parish Council have written to us to share the news that the allotments situated in Oakfield Park, will be named The Ann Allen Allotments in memory and recognition of Ann’s 37 years service to the Parish Council and its constituents.  Ann was a keen gardener and made a variety of jams and pickles from her home- grown fruits, so this feels like a fitting tribute to a great champion of our and other local schools – she attended all our events, providing support and guidance to both of our Wilmington schools.  The Council intends to hold a celebrations service for Ann later in the year which we will share the details of once they have been confirmed.

Best wishes,

Michelle Lawson

Head Teacher