UPDATE - Year 10 - Solomon's Theatre - Tuesday 5th March - Change of performance  

 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Solomon’s Theatre will now be performing their play ‘The power of love’ as opposed to ‘Skin Deep’ as originally planned. This will take place on Tuesday 5th March for all Year 10 students and will involve students watching the play followed by an interactive workshop. The workshop will provide students with more detailed information about the key themes that occur within the play itself.

 

‘Power of Love’ is an educational show that explores exploitation and the forms of abuse, healthy relationships (the significance of respect, equality, trust and goodwill) and grooming. The play compliments the statutory RSE guidance, links in with the Relationship units that Year 10 have been completing in their Education for Life lessons ‘Family Matters and Exploring Influence’ and gives students the opportunity to learn more about the law surrounding these issues.

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Wildern Chicks On Monday 26th February the science department took delivery of 10 eggs. We incubated them at 37C and at 3am Wednesday morning the first egg hatched, the second closely followed at 7:30am. As of Thursday afternoon seven of the eggs have hatched and are settling well, although they are very noisy! After 24 hours, once they are fluffy, the chicks are moved from the incubator into the brooder box where they have access to food and water. Although it is challenging to tell the sex of the chicks, the darker, redder chicks are female. Students have been able to see the chicks throughout the day and from Monday they will be appearing in science classes across the week for handling. Unfortunately, we say goodbye to them on Friday 8th March.

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World Book Day 2024 (Thursday 7th March)

We're excited to announce a special initiative at Wildern School for this year's World Book Day on Thursday 7th March 2024. For the first time, we'll be celebrating World Book Day with a unique twist called Book Bounding!

 

What is Book Bounding, you ask? It's an exciting opportunity for our students to bring their favourite books and literary characters to life by dressing up in the colours or accessories that represent them best. Imagine seeing Hogwarts scarves, wizard hats, or even a touch of red for Little Red Riding Hood wandering the halls of Wildern School! Read here

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National Careers Week 2024

National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. Our aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways.

 

NCW is a dedicated week every year allowing schools, colleges, universities, alternative provision settings and organisations to work towards. It’s backed-up with free high-quality printable, downloadable, digital and video resources for educators to support planning and delivery. Read more

Thank you to all the parents who contributed to our survey in January on your child(ren)'s progress and the feedback they get to help with their learning. Attached is a summary of the results of this survey 

 

Your views as parents are really important to us and help us to review our practice and make changes so our students have the best experience and you feel informed about your child(ren)'s school experience. There will be the opportunity to feed into future short surveys on different areas of school each half term. If you missed this one please have your voice heard by completing these in the future. 

Whole School

Monday 4 March  Week A

Monday 4 March  Careers week 

Thursday 7 March World book day

Monday 11 March Week B

Thursday 14 March How to support your child with reading Info Evening 6-7pm

Thursday 28 March Easter Dance showcase 7-9pm 

Friday 29 March Good Friday, Start of Easter Holidays 

Friday 29 March - 4 April 2024 Ski Trip to Austria 

Year 7 

Year 8

Year 9

Friday 8 March Work skills day 

Thursday 14 March Shaftesbury theatre Mrs Doubtfire & Covent Garden 1.30pm to 12am

Year 10

Wednesday 6 March Box Clever performance of Macbeth

Friday 29 March - Thursday 4 April Rome & Bay of Naples Trip

Friday 5 April GCSE Statistics Easter Revision

Year 11

Monday 4 March Peter Symonds Interviews

Thursday 21 March Parents' Evening 4-8pm (face to face)

Tuesday 2 Friday 5 April GCSE Easter Revision (Timetables will be emailed to students and parents soon)

The Anti-bullying Ambassadors spent a day at Deer Park Secondary School. We were working with their Anti-bullying Ambassadors to create a student friendly Anti-bullying charter to be displayed around the schools. We spent the morning in groups getting to know each other and brainstorming ideas, ready to put together later on. After the break, we all got together and started planning and making the official school charter by putting all of the ideas together into one big finished product. 

 

The Deer Park Anti-bullying ambassadors gave us a tour around their school, and we experienced a very different school environment/atmosphere compared to Wildern and got to see the different things they have put in place in order to support students in the school. 

 

We all enjoyed creating a new student friendly charter for our schools whilst also making long lasting friendships in the process. We all have had an amazing experience working with Anti-bullying ambassadors from other schools to make our schools a safer and more comfortable environment to be in.

World Book Day 2024 (Thursday 7th March)

We're excited to announce a special initiative at Wildern School for this year's World Book Day on Thursday 7th March 2024. For the first time, we'll be celebrating World Book Day with a unique twist called Book Bounding!

 

What is Book Bounding, you ask? It's an exciting opportunity for our students to bring their favourite books and literary characters to life by dressing up in the colours or accessories that represent them best. Imagine seeing Hogwarts scarves, wizard hats, or even a touch of red for Little Red Riding Hood wandering the halls of Wildern School! read more here

 

But it's not just about fun and creativity – it's also about giving back to our community. We've decided to use this special occasion to raise funds for two incredibly important causes: the Wessex Cancer Trust and our school's library, known as the Learning Resource Centre (LRC).

 

The Wessex Cancer Trust provides invaluable support to individuals and families affected by cancer in our local community. By donating to this cause, we can help fund vital services and resources that make a real difference in the lives of those facing cancer.

 

Additionally, by supporting our school library, we're investing in the education and enrichment of our students. The funds raised will go towards acquiring new books, resources, and technology for the LRC, ensuring that our students have access to the tools they need to succeed and thrive.

 

We believe that with your help, we can make this year's World Book Day truly special and impactful. Every donation, no matter how small, will make a difference in supporting these worthy causes. Let's come together as a community and show the world the magic of books while making a positive impact on those in need.

 

Please consider donating and sharing our campaign with your friends, family, and networks.

 

Our crowdfunding page will be available next week, and will be shared on Wildern’s social media accounts, as well as across school on World Book Day.

 

Together, we can make World Book Day 2024 at Wildern School an unforgettable celebration!

Thank you for your generosity and support.

Introducing our First Aiders at Wildern

 

Mrs Buckley and Mrs Parsons are qualified first aiders who support students' wellbeing and health. They administer daily medication and monitor ongoing health care needs, from complex to minor illnesses. 

 

Should your child feel unwell at school or has sustained an injury, they will assess them, and call home should they feel it necessary. Please be aware that they are unable to diagnose or make clinical decisions and can only offer an opinion, as they are not medically trained professionals. This responsibility remains with the parent and the appropriate practitioner.

 

The role is very varied, and they see a great number of students daily. They maintain a record of all illnesses and incidents and report any concerns. Alongside this, they coordinate the teenage vaccinations, which are carried out by the Southwest Immunisation Team.

 

Our first aiders also support students' mental health by working closely with students, the Pastoral Team, outside agencies and liaising with Student Services who offer wellbeing drop-in sessions.

 

If you have any concerns regarding your child's health and wellbeing, please do get in touch. 

 

STEM Fair- all students are welcome to participate. They can come along to 305 on Monday 4th or 11th for support. Further information is on their Science Google classroom.

 

KS3 Cooking Club - Wednesday 6th March in room 513, 3pm - 4:30pm. Students will be making Choc Banana Brownies to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. Please ensure your child has secured a place with their food teacher should they wish to attend.

 

Here is our Spring term co-curricular activities including our Spring Term PE menu. Please look at what is on offer to your child and discuss this over with them as their might be something more that they can get involved with.  Students can sign up via the link they have been emailed last week. 

 

Year 8 Netball League got underway this week at Redbridge. 

Three wins from three.

 

Wildern Win 7-0 Vs Redbridge 

Wildern Win 11-0 Vs USH 

Wildern Win 3-1 Vs St Marks

 

Year 8 Boys Football Lost 4-1 to cantell in the SSFA Div 1 league

 

 

 

 

10 Top Tips on Supporting Children with Self-Regulation

 

As infants, we all rely completely on adults to help us resolve situations that are causing us to become upset or stressed. This is known as co-regulation. The next phase, once autonomy has begun to develop, is called self-regulation: this is when children start to become capable of exercising more control over their impulses and behaviour, and managing their own emotions.

 

This vital developmental milestone, however, isn’t reached spontaneously. Learning to self-regulate requires sensitive guidance from trusted adults – simply talking with children about their thoughts and feelings, for instance, can ease the route to self-regulation. This  guide has some expert tips for supporting children to reach this goal.

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