Windsor High School and Sixth Form

Website: www.windsor.windsoracademytrust.org.uk @windsor_tweets

Newsletter

18th May 2018

Issue 31

REMINDER: School closes for the Whitsun break on Friday 25th May.

School reopens on Monday 4th June at 8.40am for all students

Vacancies at Windsor!

Site Assistant - 37 hours per week, all year round. Scale 2 points 11 – 13 (£15,788 - £16,555) dependent

upon experience We require a Site Assistant with a flexible approach to work and a “can-do” and friendly attitude to join our established, experienced Site Team. Applicants should possess a high level of all round maintenance ability along with excellent problem solving and time-management skills. Reporting to the Site Manager, you will have day to day responsibility for security of premises, maintenance (internal/external), compliance, facility preparation and the general operational requirements of school and related Trust activities. You must have a full clean driving licence and be willing to work flexibly. You will be a key holder and required to participate in emergency on-call duties. You will form part of a rotational, 4 way working shift pattern operating between 5.15am – 9.00pm to include sequenced Saturday working and the potential for rotational Sunday facility letting cover (paid at an additional premium). For an application pack and full details of the role please visit our website, www.windsor.windsoracademytrust.org.uk or contact Sue Cooper, Personnel Administrator on 0121 550 1452.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 30th May 2018 at 12.30 pm

Windsor High School and Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS.

Young Enterprise Success

On Wednesday 9th May, Windsor High School and Sixth Form’s Young Enterprise Team attended the Black Country Area Finals with their Social Enterprise ‘HOP’. They had a fantastically successful evening and were awarded prizes for ‘Best Company Report’ and ‘Best Company’.

HOP, stands for ‘Helping Others Prosper’, it is a web based social enterprise which guides young people to professional services that can help them manage mental health and personal conflicts. They beat 18 other companies in the Black Country who started the competition in September 2017 and 9 teams who made it to the area finals. They are now excitedly preparing to compete at the Regional Finals which will take place on 13th June at the West Midlands Safari Park. To support HOP please follow them on Instagram by searching hop today!

Congratulations to this week’s ‘Artist of the Week’ from Mrs Sterry, Miss Dovey

and the Art Department

YYeeaarr 77 Zander Curley and Leah Walker for careful application

of paint to their portrait backgrounds

YYeeaarr 99 Owen Meredith and Jess Lavender for their Emily

Brinkley-inspired outcomes

YYeeaarr 1100 Wathah Nayif for attending after-school sessions to

complete work Millie Richards for making noticeable improvements to

her tonal drawings

YYeeaarr 1111 Amber Holmes for the exceptional drawing she

produced Adam Goff for the high quality stencil pieces he

produced - both during the GCSE Art exam

Value of the Fortnight: Giving I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.

Ron Conway, Businessman

Congratulations! to everyone who

entered the House Music Competition. The quality of the performances was outstanding! Special mention to Shakiel Bloomer and Emilia Baptiste who won the competition for Tudor House! Well done!

Year French German Spanish

7 Callum Jasper Brad Canning Liam Davies

8 Billy Elwart Zack Hicklin

9 Muheeb Awan Joe Hill Isabelle Rose

10 Sophie Britton James Hibberd

11 Matthew Taylor Callum Whitfield Adam Parsons

8H2 - a tout le monde- pour votre effort super top!

Mrs Dunn

School Uniform If you are planning to replace uniform items during the half term break, can we politely remind you to ensure the correct uniform is purchased. Uniform requirements can be found on our website: http://www.windsor.windsoracademytrust.org.uk/about-us/school-uniform/ To maintain our very high standards we expect students to have excellent school uniform. We will continue to focus on this in the coming weeks and would really value your support as always. Mr Morley Deputy Headteacher

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Book of the Month Mollie on the March by Anna Carey

This lovely novel is especially poignant as this year commemorates 100 years since women

won the vote. But only some women.

This story is told from the point of view of Mollie Carberry. She lives in Dublin with her

comfortably-off parents and siblings and goes to a convent school. Her eldest sister Phyllis

has joined the suffragette movement so Mollie and best friend Nora decide to join, too.

Only secretly, so no-one knows!

The girls hear of a large protest and immediately want to be part of it. Unfortunately,

this is easier said than done. Things would be more straightforward if they didn’t have

Nora’s awful cousin Grace to deal with, or her horrid brother or the neighbour’s irritating

dog. Life as a suffragette is never dull!

Mollie is a lively, effervescent character. Her story is told through the letters she writes to her friend Francis, a

refreshing way to tell the tale. The historical details of the movement are such that we are aware of how brave

these women were, how scared they must have been and how determined. The author does not shirk mentioning

the hunger strikes and the force feeding, barbaric to our modern sensibilities. A very good read indeed!

The Representation of the People Act 1918 became law on 6 February 1918., giving the vote to virtually all men over 21, and women over 30 who met certain requirements. In November 1918 an act was passed enabling women to stand for parliament in future elections. The only woman to win a seat in parliament across the UK in December 1918 was Constance Markievicz, who was elected by the people of south Dublin. She did not take her seat. In 1922, the new Irish Free State gave the vote to all women over 21, finally giving Irish women the same voting rights as Irish men.

Year 11 Exam information: Year 11 have had an excellent start to their exams this week and have conducted themselves admirably. Timetable for w.b. 21st May will be sent by ParentMail to Y11 parents/carers. Thank you for your support this week, please continue to remind your child to:

Bring all equipment needed for the exam.

Drinks bottles need to be clear with labels removed.

Pencil cases need to be clear.

No IPOD's, Mobile Phones, MP3/4 players, Smartwatches, fitness trackers.

No potential technological/web enabled sources of information. Possession of unauthorised items is a serious offence and could result in disqualification from your exam and your overall qualification.

Year 11 – stay focused and good luck with your exams!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION With the warm weather approaching, can you please make sure your child brings a drink to school. They should bring a full bottle which they may refill with water from the cool water dispensers around school.

KS4 Revision Zone

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Well done to the year 8 and 9 athletics team who competed at the Dell stadium Wednesday 16th May. Girls placing: 4th in 100m 3rd in 200m 6th in 800m 1st in 1500m 2nd in long jump 2nd in shot putt 1st in 4 x 100m relay.

Congratulations to year 9 and 10 girls who competed in a girls’ football tournament at the ‘On the Pitch Day’ at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion Football club. Windsor won 2 and drew 2 games in their group, not only a fantastic opportunity to play on the pitch but great performance by all. Well done!

Special points of interest:

WHSA – for information about joining phone Rachel Dunne on 0121 550 1452 or 07896 020137.

Lost Property is kept for two weeks. Students are notified of items via the daily message sheet.

Sale of Uniform – Parents or students wishing to purchase items of uniform can do so from school each morning from 8.30 – 9.15 am only. If you have any queries please contact Mrs Goodman.

PE NEWS

Congratulations to the U13 boys football team on becoming HSSFA League Champions for the 2017-2018 season. The trophy was collected at the annual presentation evening held at the Cornbow Hall last Wednesday. Unfortunately, several of the squad were unable to attend due to being involved in a rearranged fixture. Well done, lads!

Primary Tri Golf Leaders Eleven members of the school’s Leadership Academy ran the Primary Tri Golf Competition at Hagley Golf Club last week for over a hundred children. Staff from the schools involved commented positively on their competency and leadership skills. Well done! Mrs K Jones