Parent Bulletin Friday 8th December 2023
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Parent Bulletin Friday 8th December 2023
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Today we had a planned sounding of the fire alarm in school to practice a whole school evacuation. This went smoothly and allowed all our evacuation procedures to be tested. We will continue with our schedule of evacuation and lock down practice throughout the year to ensure that students understand their role in an evacuation or lockdown if it were ever necessary.
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Last week in ICT, along with 45 other schools and over 4500 students in the Solent area, our KS3 students took part in Solent Coding Days. In collaboration with a major high street bank Solent Coding Days aimed to inspire children about the potential for coding in a digital future.
In their ICT lesson for the week students learnt about where coding is used in the world around us and developed their coding skills by developing a platform game using the Scratch coding language.
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With the Christmas food festival happening next week Monday - Thursday please make sure your child has enough money on their accounts ready for their set days as explained here.
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Experience of a Workplace
Thank you to all the parents who have supported the arrangement of placements for June’s Experience of a Workplace opportunity. Regrettably the deadline has now passed and we cannot accept any further requests. If your child has taken up this opportunity, they, yourselves and their employer will need to keep an eye on future emails from Unifrog about the logistics and planning arrangements of this placement. Many thanks once again.
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Christmas jumpers day was a great success once again this year. We joined with schools across the country in celebrating Christmas Jumper Day and raising money for Save the Children. Every pound we raised will go towards helping children in the UK and across the world to get the best future possible. Click here to see our current total and donate if you wish.
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Whole School
Monday 11 December Week B
Friday 15 December Last day of term school finishes at 12:30pm
Tuesday 2 January Week A
Tuesday 2 January First Day of term
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Year 7
Thursday 11 January Whole year group photograph
Friday 19 January Dragons Den Careers day
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Year 9
Monday 11- 15 December English Speaking Assessments in lessons
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Year 10
Thursday 11 January 2024 Parents' Evening
Monday 29 January - 7 February Y10 Practice exams begin
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Year 11
Thursday 14 December Practice Results Day
Thursday 11 January Whole year group photograph
Thursday 18 January Year 11 Creative Arts Showcase Evening
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End of term Letter
Please click below for Mrs Oakley End of Term Letter
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Christmas Celebrations 2023
As we approach the festive season, we are keen to give our students an enjoyable end to what has been another eventful year!
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The Effective use of Edtech to Support Learning
Our Parent Information Evening event this month will be held live in the Wildern School Hall from 6pm and will share information about the use of education technology in school.
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SIX, Mayflower Theatre
The History department are offering Year 7 and Year 8 students the fantastic opportunity to see the hit West End Musical ‘SIX’ at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
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Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium
The Science department would like to offer your child the opportunity to visit Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium, Winchester.
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St Omer, France June 2024
We are pleased to be able to offer your child the opportunity to take part in the following overseas trip in conjunction with NST.
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Year 7 Reproduction Topic
Students will begin the reproduction topic next term, either w/c 15th Jan or w/c 26th Feb depending on which class they are in. This topic will cover human anatomy and physiology in respect to reproduction and the development of a foetus/birth.
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Box Clever Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Here at Wildern we have been fortunate to secure the above performances for the next calendar year, with the intention of Year 8 experiencing ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to complement their study of the text in the summer term of Year 8
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SIX, Mayflower Theatre
The History department are offering Year 7 and Year 8 students the fantastic opportunity to see
the hit West End Musical ‘SIX’ at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton.
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St Omer, France June 2024
We are pleased to be able to offer your child the opportunity to take part in the following overseas trip in conjunction with NST.
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Science Assessment point 2
Students will be completing a science assessment in class during the week beginning 1st January. Resources to aid revision have been posted on Google Classroom and the science website (https://sites.google.com/wildern.org/science/home), as well as, students completing in class revision lessons.
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Mrs Doubtfire
The Education for Life department is thrilled to announce that they have secured 50 tickets to watch a performance of the award winning musical ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.
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Science Assessment tracker
This week your child will bring an assessment tracker with their recent assessment results and corresponding Wildern Step. Please could you discuss this with your child and sign the tracker. Thank you in advance for your support.
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House Captains
Students are now invited to apply for the exciting opportunity of becoming House Captains. The deadline is 14th Dec at 3pm. All information has been given in assembly this week. To apply, students need to simply fill in the form that is posted on their tutor Google Classroom. Any questions, Students can speak to Mrs Poyner in 510.
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Year 10 Science Assessment tracker
This week your child will bring an assessment tracker with their recent assessment results and corresponding Wildern Step. Please could you discuss this with your child and sign the tracker. Thank you in advance for your support.
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WAD 1
WAD (Wildern Assessment Data) Report 1 was emailed home last week and is on INSIGHT under the WAD and Reports section. Please watch the video here to know how to talk to your child about WAD.
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Box Clever Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Here at Wildern we have been fortunate to secure the above performances for the next calendar Year 10 experiencing ‘Macbeth’ to aid and inform their comprehension of this key GCSE Literature text.
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Chemistry Study Plan
Next week the Chemistry Paper 1 Student plan will be launched in science lessons to support the Year 10 exams. Resources can be found on Google classroom and this video explains how they can be utilised.
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Practice Results Day
Students can collect their Practice GCSE Exam Results from the DART from 8am on Thursday 14th December. There will then be an assembly afterwards. Some identified students will then have a follow up meeting durin gthe rest of the day.
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Extra Support Programme (ESPs) Schedule Autumn 2 2023
ESPs this week are:
Monday Maths
Tuesday Design Technology
Wednesday Science "N" population
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Combined Science Classes
Students will be sitting mini papers in their lessons after Xmas. These papers will be to test students on the content they have been revising in class. The papers will allow students to identify their weaknesses for revision. They will take place on the following dates, during their science lessons.
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Practice Papers for Maths Revision
As in previous years, the Mathematics department will be utilising practice papers as a key part of the revision programme this year
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Please find here access to free emotional health and wellbeing courses for parents and professionals (and teenagers too!) which you may mind useful either for yourselves or to share with parents.
As part of our school’s commitment to supporting mental health for our students, please help us to raise awareness of these important resources for our parents in your meetings or conversations with them.
There are courses available from bump to 19+ years, and include:
Understanding your child (0-19 years)
Understanding your child with additional needs (0-19 years)
Understanding your child’s feelings
Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
Understanding your relationships
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child/teenager
Understanding your teenager’s brain
Understanding your brain (for teenagers only)
Understanding your feelings (for teenagers only)
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A person’s drink can be spiked to make them more vulnerable for a variety of motives, including theft or sexual assault.
Different types of spiking can include the following substances being added to drinks: Alcohol, ‘Date rape’ drugs, Illegal drugs, Prescription drugs (e.g. stimulants, tranquilisers, sedatives, opiates)
Drink spiking can happen to any type of drink, whether alcoholic or non-alcoholic. The effects can be unpredictable but are likely to be more serious if someone who’s had their drink spiked has also consumed more alcohol, or other drugs. This is because of the combination of effects from the different drugs working at the same time.
Shots of alcohol can be added to drinks to make them stronger, causing someone to get drunk much quicker than expected. Or sometimes a drink can be spiked with drugs that are specifically designed to incapacitate someone.
Because there are no official statistics it’s difficult to know the true extent of the crime. Often people don’t report drink spiking, because they don’t remember details of the night, or they feel embarrassed.
It can be a scary experience and it’s important to be able to recognise the signs your drink has been spiked or how to help someone you suspect has been a victim.
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Student Services
We are always open to support all students between 8:45am and 3:30pm. The best times for students to drop in are:
11:10-11:25am - Breaktime, 1:30-1:55pm - Lunchtime, 3:00-3:15pm - After School
If students need to attend during lesson time they must remember to register with their teacher and collect the orange lanyard before they come. As you can imagine, we welcome a large number of students on a daily basis. We, therefore, thought it may be useful to share with you the expectations of Student Services. We would be grateful if you could take a moment to discuss these with your child.
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Basics Food Bank Appeal - Christmas 2023!
It is that time of year again for the Basics Bank Food Bank Appeal where we ask staff and students to donate food items to local families who are in need this Christmas.
It is really important that the right items are selected from the list provided and that all items are collected for your year group’s donation day. So, please take a look at the following slides that include all the important information you will need - click here.
This is a House competition and we are super keen to beat our total of 2785 items that we donated last year, which is around 45 items per tutor group. If everyone brought in 2 or more items we would smash that!
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Advanced notice there will be a special Christmas menu and events week beginning 11th December
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Monday
Pasta bolognese / veggie bolognese with garlic bread (v) or
Savoury smoked cheese brioche bap with hash browns (v)
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Tuesday
Chilli con carne veggie chilli with rice and nachos (v) or
Cheese and tomato pasta bake with garlic bread (v)
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Wednesday
Roast Dinner with all the trimmings (v) or
Jerk chicken/veggie burger with curly fries (v)
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Thursday
Meat or veggie curry of the day with rice and nann (v) or
Thai green chicken / veg curry with basmati rice and nann
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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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U16 Boys Basketball LOST Wildern 25 - Bitterne 27
Year 8 boys football Hampshire cup WON Toynbee 1 - 6 Wildern
Netball Senior Girls DRAW Wildern 2 - 2 Woodlands
Year 9 Rugby Team took part in the Hampshire Tournament at Southampton RFC.
In total the team played 8 matches, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 2. Mr Kinnaird was thrilled with the boys progress and determination throughout the day.
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Here is our Autumn term extra curricular activities including our Autumn 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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Parent's Guide to Careers Guidance - Please access this guide to help support the conversations and next steps coming up after your student has had their Careers Guidance appointment with Mrs O'Leary. This is usually a meeting with Yr 11 students, but is occasionally for other students too.
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This Christmas in Hedge End
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Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Pins and Needles present
Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas Saturday 9th to Sunday 31st December
Bloomin' snow! Bloomin' reindeer! Bloomin' Christmas!
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Raymond Briggs' joyful (and at times a bit grumpy!) Father Christmas.
From the writer of The Snowman and co-produced by the Lyric Hammersmith with Olivier Award-nominated Pins & Needles, this much-loved family story of Father Christmas getting ready for a night's hard work on bloomin' Christmas Eve will bring festive cheer to all ages, 0 to 90!
Join us this December for a Christmas classic. Book now: https://shorturl.at/euGR8
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An safety guide on group chats.
Occurring through messaging apps, on social media and in online games, group chats are among the most popular ways that young people engage with their peers online. Involving, by definition, three or more individuals, these groups allow users to send messages, images and videos to everyone in one place. While they are useful for helping friends, people with shared interests or members of a club to communicate and coordinate activities, they can also leave young people feeling excluded and bullied – as well as providing opportunities for inappropriate content to be shared and viewed.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as bullying, inappropriate content and unknown members.
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