Parent Bulletin Friday 16 June 2023
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Parent Bulletin Friday 16 June 2023
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¡Hola! Bienvenue à Wildern Weekly. My name is Mr Russell and I am the Director of Learning for Modern Foreign Languages here at Wildern. Learning a new language is an experience like no other and opens up opportunities throughout young people’s lives. We are proud to offer students a choice of three languages, French, German and Spanish.
There are many opportunities within MFL to expand your horizons. We offer a language leader programme for students and a number of international visits, including trips to Spain, Cologne Christmas Markets and an Exchange with our Partner School in Germany that has been running for over 40 years.
The question that I am asked the most is how can I help my child with their progress in languages. This can be really challenging when you haven't learnt the language before, but our self study programme ensures that students have all the help that they need to practise at home, and we ask that they show you what they are working on and that they practise regularly.
This month sees the launch of our new self study and revision platform for Key Stage 4, GCSEPod. All year 9 and 10 students will be finding out how to get the most out of this support package. It contains videos explaining all areas of the GCSE course and additional practice questions and activities. We will continue to use Memrise alongside this to help students expand and embed their vocabulary. As now, students in years 7 and 8 will continue to alternate self study tasks on Memrise and Sentencebuilers.com. If students are having difficulty logging in, they should speak to their class teacher.
If you have any questions about language learning at Wildern, please do get in touch.
Danke schön.
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It has been a hot week at Wildern which has seen us focus on healthy living in assemblies. Trips out this week have gone to Southampton University wih the MFL department and The Natural History Museum with the Year 9 Education for Life students. We have also had the Year 7 Spelling Bee, Year 9 Parents' Evening and KS3 Cooking club making amazing Acai Bowls. Cricket and athletics fixtures in 28c of heat and ICT focused on stopping cyber bullying.
We now have four external water fountains to fill up onsite they are located: Behind the WAVE, by the Main Hall parasols, Block 2 Bike Sheds and between Blocks 3 & 5. There are also internal water fountains in the Red Dining Hall, DART and Block 2. Bottles can only be filled up before/after school or Break or Lunch. Therefore students may benefit from bringing multiple bottles in.
Finally a reminder that Friday 30th June is a CPD day and the school will be closed to all students.
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We have finally started to see some beautiful summer weather and wanted to take the opportunity to remind you about our hot weather uniform policy.
When the temperature hits 28 degrees we give all students the opportunity to come into school in their Wildern PE kit.
- Students can ONLY wear
- Wildern green polo shirt
- Wildern green shorts
- Wildern white polo shirt
- Black sports leggings
- Wildern Black GCSE Dance t shirt and black leggings
- Trainers
GCSE PE students ONLY have a black PE kit and therefore only those students taking GCSE PE can wear:
- Wildern GCSE PE black polo shirt
- Black loose fitting PE shorts
This list covers every item of PE kit and students are not allowed to wear any other types of clothing. If students arrive in school in inappropriate clothing, parents will be contacted as per our usual uniform policy.
We will alert you to hot weather uniform the day before and update this on a day to day basis. As we all know the weather is very changeable and this will not be a blanket uniform change for the entire summer period.
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Whole School
Monday 19 June Week A
Thursday 22 June Summer Dance Showcase
Friday 23 June St Giles Knife Crime Workshop
Thursday 29 June Year 6 Induction Day and Evening
Friday 30 June CPD day
Monday 3 July Summer Performance 7pm - 9pm
Wednesday 5 July Awards Evening 6pm
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Year 7
Wednesday 21 June MAC Parent genius hour
Monday 26 June Samba workshops - Yr 7
Tuesday 4 July Mary Rose Museum & Dockyard
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Year 8
Tuesday 20 June Wildern Spelling Bee
Friday 23 June Wildern Spelling Bee
Monday 26 June Samba workshops
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Year 9
Tuesday 20 June Imperial War Museum
Wednesday 21 June EARA Meeting - (Brighton Hill Community School)
Monday 3 July Bread Ahead Bakery Borough Market
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Year 10
Monday 19 June - Wednesday 21 June Experience of a workplace
Tuesday 20 June Manor Farm
Wednesday 21 June EARA Meeting (Brighton Hill Community School)
Monday 26 June Peter Symonds Taster Day
Tuesday 27 June Geography Field Trip - Hengistbury Head
Tuesday 27 June Maths Trip to Winchester College
Monday 3 July Geography Field Trip to Hengistbury Head
Tuesday 4 July Fareham College Taster Day
Thursday 6 July Barton College Taster Day
Thursday 6 July Itchen College Taster Day
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Year 11
Wednesday 21 June Book Return, Prom Ticket Collection, Yearbook Collection and Leavers Hoodie Collection 3:15pm (Piazza)
Friday 7 July Prom 7-11pm
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Hampshire Holiday Activities and Food Information
The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme is a government sponsored scheme offering enriching activities and healthy meals to children from reception to year 11 during the Summer, holidays.
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Hampshire Summer Teen Project
Personal Best is delivering the Hampshire Teen Project during the Summer holidays for students aged 11-16 who are in receipt of free school meals at their current school.
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Antisocial Cycling
In recent weeks we have been made aware by members of our community of Wildern students
cycling in an unacceptable.
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Message from First Aid
Please can any students with medication come and collect it from the First Aid room by the end of the school year. We are unable to store these over the summer holidays
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Wildern Music Academy- Starting Instrumental lessons:
Please access this form if your child would like to have instrumental/singing for the academic year 2023-2024.
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine
The Immunisation Team will be in school on 19 July to deliver the (HPV) vaccine to students who
missed their vaccination and have given prior consent.
Any queries please contact the team on 02382 318754 or
southwesthantsimmunisationteam@nhs.net
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Parents on site letter
A reminder all parents and carers of the expectations when visiting our school site.
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Year 7 DOPA Intro Letter
As you know the Year 7 year team has been led by Mr Clissold and Mrs Thomas this year who have done a great job in settling in our amazing Year 7 students.
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Science catch up
All lessons can be accessed here: - great for revision and catch up!
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English Study Session
English KS3 Self Study and Support: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm in the Red Dining Hall.
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Colours
If you would like to apply for Half and/or Full Colours in PE or Creative Arts please use the links below.
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English Study Session
English KS3 Self Study and Support: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm in the Red Dining Hall.
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Chromebook Scheme
We are pleased to say that the Chromebook scheme for Year 9 in September 2023 will be going ahead as we have enough positive responses.
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Colours
If you would like to apply for Half and/or Full Colours in PE or Creative Arts please use the links below.
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Iceland Trip October 2023
A reminder to hand back forms to the Finance Office that were sent home as soon as possible. If you require a paper copy please send your child to Mrs Dixon in 505.
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Science:
Booster sessions will be taking place during tutor time after half term. They will be running on Monday and Friday in room 318. You will have received a letter if your child is invited to attend.
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Colours
If you would like to apply for Half and/or Full Colours in PE or Creative Arts please use the links below.
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Hengistbury Head Field Trips
Tuesday 27 June and Monday 3 July - please complete Parentpay ahead of this trip by Friday 16 June. Thank you in advance. Mrs Dixon
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Science Separate to Combined sessions with Mrs Penney
These are sessions to focus on motivation, as well as exam technique and revision. Sessions are planned in the WAVE for the following AM registrations:
Wednesday 21 June
Wednesday 5 July
Wednesday 19 July
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Science:
Booster sessions will be taking place during tutor time after half term. They will be running on Wednesday’s in room 318. You will have received a letter if your child is invited to attend.
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Book returns, Prom Tickets and Hoodie Collection
On Wednesday 21 June, you will be able to collect your prom ticket, yearbook and leavers hoodie if you have ordered one. This event will take place between between 15:15 - 16:15. You will be able to collect your items in the piazza at your allocated tutor table. You do not need to arrive in your school uniform to collect your items. If you have any uniform that you are happy to donate to our preloved collection, then please bring this in with you.
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ParentPay
A reminding to turn-off automatic top-up payments for school meals on ParentPay
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Prom
For any students that are attending the prom on Fri 7th July, please arrive between 18:00 - 19:00 to St Mary's Stadium.
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Key Water Safety Messages
As Hampshire has about 230 miles of coastline, as well as many rivers, canals and lakes, it’s essential that young people know about water safety.
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I'm worried about potential bullying...?
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Parents sometimes contact us to ask what they can do to support their child who may have fallen out with others or who are reporting unkind behaviour from others. Lorraine Lee has been a Professional Parenting Practitioner in Hampshire for over 15 years. We are delighted to share with you a video she has produced for us to support you if your child is going through a difficult time with others.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance and its members have an agreed shared definition of bullying based on research from across the world over the last 30 years. It is the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. It can happen face-to-face or online’.
If you feel that your child may be on the receiving end of bullying behaviours please do make contact with your child's tutor in the first instance. We are working hard in school to raise awareness, stamp out bullying behaviours and unless we know about it we cannot support them appropriately. If you feel the issue is not resolved or continues please then contact your child's DOPA. We are here to help!
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In June 1997, the school’s reception was opened. It cost £70,000 and was funded through Hampshire County Council, Hedge Ends’ Barclays Bank and Sainsbury’s homebase store.
Share your memories and photos with us: 90thbirthday@wildern.org
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Monday
Southern fried chicken and sweet potatoes and BBQ beans or
Chicken or vegetable nachos guacamole and sour cream (v)
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Tuesday
Chicken or vegetable con carne with rice & garlic bread (v) or
Loaded fries with roast peppers, onions and pulled chicken
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Wednesday
Chicken burger / veggie burger with curly fries (v) or
Mozzarella hotdog and cajun fries (v)
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Thursday
Chicken or vegetable tikka with rice and naan bread (v) or
Veggie meatballs & pasta and garlic bread (v)
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Friday
Fish of the Day or
Sausage or Veggie Sausage Cheese Flatbread (v)
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Please remember, we can adapt the majority of meals to any dietary needs if we know in advance (your child can speak to kitchen staff by visiting the kitchen before 8:30am that day). Main A/B vegetarian options are always available - just ask Dan and his team.
* correct at time of sending, but may be subject to change
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Congratulations to the 9 Wildern students who competed for Eastleigh & Winchester at the Hampshire Schools Athletics Championships at the weekend.
Notable results
E.Luck in Triple Jump
S.Murray in 1500m
A.Churcher in Discus
E.Churcher in 1500m
I.Wardle in 200m
E.O’Hanlon in 800m
J.Tanner in 300m
Congratulations to our our Year 7 Athletics squad who were crowned U13 Track Knockout Plate winners yesterday evening. A fantastic achievement in their first year of senior school athletics
U13 Cricket lost to Deer Park by 18 runs.
The U15 cricket squad defeated Wyvern by 5 runs making it two wins out of two and currently topping their pool in the league format.
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If for any reason a club is cancelled, the Library is open until 5pm Monday-Wednesday, and until 4:30pm on Fridays.
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Here is our Summer term extra curricular activities including our Summer PE menu. Please look at what is on offer to your child and discuss this over the holidays with them as their might be something more that they can get involved with.
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RICHARD TAUNTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE - OPEN EVENING - Wednesday 28 June – 6pm – 8pm
Students and parents can book in advance via our website or this link:
Visitors can take a look around the college, find out more about the courses we offer and meet staff and students. It’s a great opportunity for year 9 and 10 students to begin looking at their post-16 options, and a last chance for year 11 students to chat to staff about starting in September , they can even apply on the night with our admissions team!
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What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Anime
Anime is one of the most popular forms of media in the modern world. Fans span across multiple generations – with a particular emphasis on young people in the west, to whom the unique art style and over-the-top presentation greatly appeal. It takes many different forms – from movies to video games – but is most commonly presented in TV shows.
The cartoonish art style of anime can lead people to assume that all media of this type is child-friendly. While a good amount of anime fits this description, there’s just as much – if not more – that centres around deeply adult themes and topics, with scenes of extreme gore, disturbing horror, and sexual content. Our guide delves deep into this cultural phenomenon, identifying all risks parents and carers should be aware of.
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Wildern Partnership SCITT
Our school provides the ideal opportunity to undertake and complete your teacher training. We offer expert in-school support through subject mentorship complemented by a school professional themes programme. We aim to offer teaching opportunities across all key stages, allowing you complete immersion into the school environment.
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Every Student Matters, Every Moment Counts
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Wildern School
Wildern Lane
Hedge End
Southampton
Hampshire
SO30 4EJ
01489 783473
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