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Newsletter Year 13

Welcome

School Newsletter

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of The Deanery,

I hope you and your families are well.

I am delighted to introduce this special newsletter, featuring the latest school news and celebrating the many wonderful

things our pupils are doing at home during lockdown. In fact, there are so many great things going on that the first draft

of this newsletter was 27 pages long! You will find so many examples of pupils working hard, being kind to others and

making a difference; we are incredibly proud of them and look forward to seeing them all again soon.

Stay safe.

Mr Wood

Visors & PPE

A huge thank you to Mrs MacGillivray and Mrs Edmondson who have now produced over 100 visors for NHS staff. The team have had to show great patience and ingenuity in sourcing the materials to make the visors. They will continue to make visors in school this week.

The Science and Technology departments donated 300+ safety glasses to the North West Ambulance Service and local community. Pictured is Community Midwife Maxine Guy sending her thanks for the PPE glasses donated by School.

Friday marks the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in

Europe) Day. Sadly, due to current circumstances, most

celebrations have been postponed. However, it is still an

opportunity for us all to remember the enormous

sacrifices that were made commemorate this important

day. We are inviting you to have a ‘Stay at Home’

picnic/family party and share your celebrations from the

day with us. Thank you to Mr Smith and the humanities

faculty for the work that is being sent to pupils around

VE Day. In the midst of another national crisis, it is right

and proper that we celebrate this major milestone and

moment in our nation’s history, remembering the

sacrifices of that generation in the pursuit of freedom

and the defeat of tyranny.

75th VE Day Celebrations

The Brick

One of our chosen school charity this year is ‘The Brick’ and as such we have done lots of fundraising. The Brick runs a food bank, which as you can imagine during these difficult times, has been inundated. They have seen a 242% increase in people suffering from financial hardship. If you feel you can help support this fantastic charity please Text BRICK15 to 70480 to fund a 3 day emergency parcel and help them keep delivering food during this crisis. Or simply change the number following the word “BRICK” to make a donation of another amount, e.g. BRICK3.

What have you been doing?

How have you been doing with your spare time during lockdown?

We would love to hear from you. Please send photos along with a short summary to

admin@deanery.wigan.sch.uk.

Learned a new

skill or started a

fitness regime

Decorated a room

in the house

Arts and crafts

projects

Learned a new musical

instrument or practised more

Improved your cooking and/or

baking skills

Read a

book…or two

Things to cheer

others up who may

be lonely

Helped with

the

housework

Student Well-being

Wellbeing has never been more important, with many students spending more time on screens, unable to see

friends and family, and feeling anxious about the Coronavirus pandemic.

Keeping safe online

At this time of working from home, it is very important our students

keep themselves safe online. Recommended Internet safety information

can be found at the following government link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-staying-safe-online

Keeping safe at home

Below is a link with useful updates and resources received from CAMHS,

the Child and Mental Health Service.

https://www.nwbh.nhs.uk/young-people-and-families-resources. These include advice and links to apps to

help explain Covid-19 to children, bereavement, coping with anxiety, low mood and depression.

Looking out for each other campaign

The campaign communicates how people can safely help friends, family and neighbours in isolation, further

information available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-how-to-help-safely--2

Home learning helpline StarLine

StarLine is available to parents and carers of pupils from all schools nationwide. Free, confidential advice is

available six days a week by phoning the StarLine team on 0330 313 9162. For more information, visit

www.starline.org.uk or follow @StarLineSupport on Twitter.

Worship at Home

Look after your spiritual well-being by trying some of these worship activities at home.

Scattered Worship: Each week, on the Deanery Church of England Facebook page, we post a 'Scattered

Worship'. This includes a message from the chaplain, a video, some reflections and prayers to engage with

at home.

Prayer Spaces @ Home; Lots of prayer activities for families to use at home can be found

here. https://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/prayer-spaces-at-home

Faith at Home: This is a national initiative by the Church of England. They will be publishing weekly

content starting on Thursday 7th May to support parents in encouraging conversations about faith at

home. https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-action/faith-home/i-am-parent

Top 5 Recommended reads; Pupils

Book Price

Elsewhere – Gabrielle Zevin

£4.00 Kindle £6.55 paperback

Orangeboy – Patrice Lawrence

£4.99 Kindle £6.55 paperback

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain – John Boyne

£2.99 Kindle £5.70 Paperback

Malala – My Story of Standing up for Girls’ Rights

£3.99 Kindle £.5.59 Paperback

Star Wars Aftermath – Chuck Wendig

£0.99 Kindle

Top 5 Recommended Reads; Staff & Parents

Book & Access Price

Stop Talking About Wellbeing (Kat Howard)

£12.00 paperback £8.00 Kindle edition

The Little Book of Mindfulness

Free on Kindle edition £8.00 paperback

How Not To Worry – Paul McGee

Free on Kindle

Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig

£4.00 Hardback £3.80 Kindle edition

The Keeper of Lost Things – Ruth Hogan £0.99 Kindle £8.99 Paperback

Recommended reading for staff and parents

The following recommendations all have Kindle access – some of them being free. The Kindle app is free on

any device and is perfect for accessing a range of reading material during this time at home. All books are

available to purchase on Amazon.

Food Technology

Pupils have also been set a Food Studies challenge to demonstrate the school mantra - working hard, being kind, and making a difference. Some fantastic examples of this challenge include Ella Griffiths - preparing vegetables for tea for when her mum got home, Emma Sumner making tea for the family, Chovin Faik helping in the kitchen, cleaning the house and entertaining her little brother. This is an ongoing challenge and certificates are being awarded. This week’s food challenge is to make or design a food product that could be served to celebrate VE day. An added challenge is (if possible) to just use foods that were available through rationing.

Subject News

Recipe - Scones

Scones are the easiest British teatime treat and chances are that you will have all the ingredients for this recipe

already. Why not bake some for your family to enjoy together and continue the VE Day celebrations with an

afternoon tea?

Ingredients

225g/8oz self-raising flour

Pinch of salt

55g/2oz butter

25g/1oz caster sugar

150ml/5fl oz milk

1 free-range egg, beaten, to glaze

(alternatively use a little milk)

Method

1. Heat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7 and lightly grease a

baking tray.

2. Mix together the flour and salt and rub in the butter. Stir in

the sugar and then the milk to get a soft dough.

3. Turn on to a floured work surface and knead very lightly. Pat

out to a round 2cm/¾in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to stamp

out rounds and place on the baking tray. Lightly knead together

the rest of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all

up.

4. Brush the tops of the scones with the beaten egg. Bake for

12-15 minutes, or until well risen and golden-brown.

5. Cool on a wire rack and serve with butter and good jam and

maybe some clotted cream.

Please send photos of all your bakes into School. We

would love to see them!

Science

In the last couple of weeks, students have

been undertaking various experiments that

can be done at home, from comparing home-

made parachutes to testing reaction times of

family members.

Year 7 have currently been challenged to be

research engineers and to design their own

invention to solve an everyday problem, for

example, a fur-collecting cat flap! Entries will

be sent off for grading by STEM

Ambassadors and all entries will receive a

certificate.

Emma Sumner Y7 – a desk designed for

social distancing.

Over Easter, each year group were set a

Science project. Jess Galvin in Year 10

produced a fantastic solar system in the form

of a cake.

Year 10

students have

been learning

about global

warming and

the

greenhouse

effect.

Sophie Walker

Erin Cunliffe

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@Deanery_Science

Celebrations in London,

May 8th 1945.

History

Religious Studies

Several years ago, to mark 100 years since World War One, we asked

students to research family members or local heroes who had fought to

protect the peace and freedoms we value so much. This year, we are

asking that you specifically research an individual who contributed

towards victory during World War Two. This may be a family member,

someone local or somebody from somewhere else in Britain who made a

crucial contribution in the years 1939-45. We hope to be able to create a

bound book to be kept in school to mark the 75th anniversary

To help celebrate and understand VE Day, please visit the English

Heritage website,

(https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/ve-day/). Here you

will find celebration packs, ‘things you should know’, videos and pictures

marking victory in Europe in 1945.

We also encourage you to take part in the ‘Nation’s Toast to the Heroes

of WW2’ at 3pm on the 8th May, from the safety of your own home by

standing up and raise a glass of refreshment of your choice and undertake

the following ‘Toast’ – “To those who gave so much, we thank you”.

During the Easter holidays students were offered the opportunity to participate in the RE Easter project - students were asked to create a Happiness Jar (or box) and each day write something that has made them feel happy. For example, a zoom call with a grandparent or baking a cake with a parent and pop it in the jar. Whenever a student is feeling unhappy, they can pick some writing out of the jar, read it and hopefully help to lift their spirits. The following were created by Maddison Jones in Y7 and Callum Moon in Y8.

Next week, all students will be sent the attached flyer promoting and (hopefully) encouraging students to enter the `Spirited Arts' competition run by RE Today. We hope as many pupils as possible get involved and that a Deanery pupil will win!

Geography

Excellent work completed by Charlotte Holcroft, Year 10, focusing on Depositional Landforms along the English Coastline as well as Hard and Soft Engineering strategies used to reduce flooding and erosion in coastal areas.

Excellent work produced by Issac Middlehurst, Year 10, focusing on the mechanics of waves and also strategies cities use to plan for urban sustainability in places like Freiburg, Germany.

Amber Smith in Year 9 has carried out some brilliant research into the National and Global importance of Rio de Janeiro as well as the opportunities and challenges in the major Brazilian city. Separately, Amber has been looking at human and natural causes of change in an ecosystem!

Recommended documentaries and films from the Geography team… iPlayer: David Attenborough Box Sets – there are 9 amazing boxsets available on iplayer from David Attenborough exploring our amazing world https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p06m42d9

ITV Hub: Britain Underwater: Fighting the Floods https://www.itv.com/hub/britain-underwater-fighting-the-floods/7a0157

Channel 4 – On Demand: The World’s Dirtiest Air (Unreported World) https://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/on-demand/67193-002

Netflix: The Impossible - True story about the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

There are many more recommended reads and documentaries/movies to watch. Why not get in touch with your Geography teacher for additional recommendations?

Geography Challenges

Food Investigation

Get the recipe of your

favourite family food and

find out what herbs and spices it contains. On a

map, find the countries that produce those herbs

and spices. Do some investigating to find out

more about these countries. What kind of

climates do these places have? Could you grow

the same spices where you live? Why or why not?

Neighbourhood Map

Create a map of your neighbourhood from memory include key map elements, like a compass rose, labels, and a key, be as detailed as you can and draw as far as you can. When we are able you could have a family member or friend try to use the map to reach a particular destination.

Make a Papier-Mâché Globe Use newspaper strips and a balloon. Use coloured paints to show land and water and add borders and labels. Tip – If you don’t have PVA glue you could use a mixture of flour and water.

Make a Flag

Country flags are designed to represent the history or ideals of a country. Design a flag that represents you—you can model it on your heritage, favourite activities, sports, animals, or family.

The English-Media Project Winning photographs

The English department challenged students to complete a study of Media and complete their very own film poster. Students paid close attention to the detail and important choices that can entice an audience! We had lots of fantastic entries, but the clear winners were Amy Duckworth (Y7), Ines Huette Proffit (Y8) and Daniel Shaw(Y9). Congratulations! We look forward to presenting you with your £10 Amazon voucher!

Why not have a go at one (or more) of our challenges? Send in photos of your efforts to your Geography teacher.

English

Student work

We are seeing

some great efforts

from Year 10 on

their GCSE poetry

and Macbeth

work.

Well done to Chloe Shaw, Jessica Dawber,

Amy Darroch and Holly Daniels for their

wonderful creativity and commitment.

PE

Please try to include some physical activity

each day. It will help to keep you both

emotionally and physically in good shape.

Many of our staff and pupils have being

taking part in the morning fitness fun with

Joe Wicks (The Body Coach). He does family

friendly home workouts to suit all abilities at

9am Monday to Friday.

If you’ve covered all your school work and

are looking for something to fill your sports

viewing void, these are well worth

watching.

Music and Drama

Make Your Own Musical Instrument The Music Department challenged pupils to see if they could make a musical instrument out of

items they can find at home.

Send photos of yours to your music teacher.

DJing and Mixing Pupils have created set lists for listening to and creating their own music. Websites we have used for this are: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z4kw2hv

and https://www.bandlab.com/

Pupils’ work Here are some examples of pupils’ work. Year 8 have been learning about Reggae, listening to Bob Marley and creating fact files on Reggae Music. In Drama Y8 pupils have written their own play scripts. Year 7 have been researching classical music and listening and evaluating Music by Bach. Year 9 have been looking at and creating Dance Music on Band lab, whilst Sixth Form students have been watching National Theatre Live on YouTube and evaluating performances of: Frankenstein, One Man Two Guvnors and Twelfth Night. Performances are available for free every Thursday Night at 7pm on YouTube.

Languages

Pupils’ work Many Year 7 pupils have been working really hard keeping up their Spanish, and revising all key language from this year. Here is a selection from Eve, Evie and Emilie. Well done everyone!

Pupils’ work Year 7 Spanish classes were set a Scavenger Hunt to find things around their homes in Spanish. Thyona Chen and Aidan Murphy-Baker were the first ones to complete the hunt and send proof!

Well done everyone.