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Newsletter

29th April 2019

A Level French Students visit Lille

Fifteen A-Level French students travelled to Lille

on the Eurostar with Miss Bowerman and Mrs

Neale from Friday 12th until Sunday 14th April.

Lille is the birthplace of former French President

Charles de Gaulle and is a European city of Art

and Culture. They stayed in one of the city’s

most fashionable Youth Hostels and visited the

Palais de Beaux Arts, Louis XIV’s Porte de Paris,

the Old Stock Exchange and the UNESCO Bell

Tower, as well as fitting in time to buy souvenirs

in the Grande Place. The students thoroughly

enjoyed the visit, immersing themselves in

Lille’s history and culture.

Palais de Beaux-Arts (Second

biggest art museum in France after

the Louvre)

La Grande Place

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Year 12 Sports Leaders

Students preparing for the Level 3 Cambridge Technical in Sport led sports events in the two weeks

before Easter. The organisers were very ambitious this year and the events were exceptionally good.

They now have to review and evaluate their contributions and the delivery of the event in order to

achieve their grades. Liam Andrews, Arthur Carter, Ben Daniels and Harry Bowen organised a

football tournament for all the 125 Year 7 students are Westacre Middle School. Kaitlin Fletcher,

Jennifer Gearey, Katie Meakin and Jesika Jordan organised an extracurricular badminton event,

open to all within our school. Adam Keen, Joshua-Cain Priest and Lewis Simmons organised a two-

hour football tournament for our own Year 8 boys.

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Year 12 Residential Fieldwork in Swanage

The year 12 geographers

undertook a residential visit to

Swanage. The students worked

diligently during the days as well

as late into the evening to

complete all of the tasks relating

to their coursework.

The photo shows the group at

Portland Bill in Dorset.

Winter Worcestershire School Games

On Monday 8th of April, eight elite Droitwich Spa athletes went to the Winter Worcestershire School Games held at The Bromsgrove School. The morning was spent in the athletes’ village experiencing the climbing wall, dance classes and collecting stickers and wristbands. In the afternoon the event got under way and all the students competed to their best of their abilities, consistently finishing in the top 2 or 3 in every running, throwing and jumping event. The points total kept on rising and resulted in Droitwich Spa High School finishing second, rating them the second best athletics team in Worcestershire. The approach, maturity and effort of these girls was exemplary and their achievement was well deserved. Emma Sabel, Bella Allen, Sophie Howard, Holly Hulston, Alex Harrison, Lymara Lines, Hattie Grainger, Rose Baker.

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Spring Concert The Spring Concert was a thoroughly enjoyable evening of performances from students in every year

group from 8 through to year 12. They showed impressive skills and creative flair as they performed a

wide variety of musical styles, including Baroque and Classical pieces, songs from Musical Theatre,

Jazz standards and Pop music from the 1960’s to the present day. Particular mention should be made

of the students in the year 8 and 9 class bands, for whom this was their first concert since starting to

learn their instruments in January. They showed professionalism and courage, performing their items

skilfully and already demonstrate a high level of musicianship. Thanks also to Kobie Morris for

providing excellent lighting for the concert and to Katie Bowen and Ben Daniels who were our very

articulate comperes for the evening. Congratulations to all of the performers for an excellent

evening’s entertainment.

Jayden Dorans, Morgan King, Annie Williams, Eva Palmer, Tom Wylie, Ruby Avery, Grace Farrell,

Bella Allen, Ollie Morgan, Maddie Baskerville, Auguste Juseviciute, Charlie Hopkins-Budd, Karol

Kosta, Logan Callow, Phoebe Crabb, Lucy Earl, Katie Bowman, Mia Gardner Smith, Sophie Howard,

Harvey Edwards, Rochelle Harris, Lottie Plant, Nathan Redfern, Jasmine Leverett-Hawes, Tammy

Avery, Jacob Gugala, Rachael Cheah, Mary Poynton, Christian Mohle, Marius De La Guerre, Jessica

Welsh, Elysia Convey, Matilda Paxton, Molly Tustin, Georgia Painter, Pamela Stacey, Emma

Thompson, Thomas Griffiths, Nathan Law, Betsy Coton, Archie Hartles, Kobie Morris, Charlotte

McCammon, Joe Harrison, Toby Barker, Evie Gill, Lorna Gwiliiam, Sophie Wyles, Uzlie Mbatha and

Sophie McDowell

Year 11

Charlie Conroy is congratulated for her participation in a fashion show which was part of her Hair and

Beauty Course. Not only did she help with the hair and makeup, she also stepped in to model on the

catwalk at the last minute when one of the models was unable to take part.

Year 10

10S1 made an excellent first attempt at writing about unseen poetry with some really insightful and

mature responses. Kirsten Porte’s essay was particularly outstanding.

10G6 worked very hard on a second English Language assessment. They all demonstrated real

resilience and many improved their grade significantly. Brad Eversham and Aaliiyah Cowell did

especially well, with both managing to achieve grade 4 overall.

10G4 Science have been working really hard on a very difficult topic.

George Hemming has had an impressive season as part of a local Men’s hockey team. In his first

season of being able to play at this level, he has won player of the year.

Year 8

Students in 8RD working really hard on an Easter egg trail which involved problem solving without a

calculator.

Logan Callow in 8RD has produced an outstanding piece of homework, impressing with his use of

diagrams and logical way of setting out his work.