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Parent Bulletin Friday 15th March 2024

Year 9 and 10 students have been out recently for their Duke of Edinburgh walks! Year 9 Started their DofE journeys with a walk around the local area, whilst Year 10 have ventured out to the New Forest in preparation for the assessments in the Summer Term. Well done to you all!

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Sport Relief fundraiser Non-school Uniform Day - 28th March. All money raised will go to Sport Relief, part of Comic Relief, that aims to harness the power of sport to change lives. To come to school in non-school uniform students need to donate, £1-2 (or more if you are able!). We would love to hit our target of £2000, which seems very manageable if everyone gave £1 or half gave £2. Can you help us to help others? More details to follow.

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Well done to our Year 10 Boys Football Team who are doing well at the top of Division 1

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This week is British Science Week! So far students have been making bath bombs and fossils, investigating the best material for an astronauts nappy, dissecting octopuses, designing a method of measuring time and practising their microbiology skills.

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#talk2us is an online form that students can fill in at any time if they have any concerns or if they would like some support. Everything they write on the form is confidential and we will find a time to discreetly talk to them and address their concerns. The form can be found on the Wellbeing Hub of the school website.

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Care Home Concert: On Friday 8th March, we took 13 children to The Grange Nursing Home in Hedge End to perform a concert to the residents. We are very proud of our students, who gave wonderful performances and conducted themselves in an exemplary manner. We are also very grateful to have received a generous donation to the school music department after the concert as the care home director, staff and residents were so impressed with our students' talents.

Spring Term 2 Parent Survey

Please click the button below to complete our very short Spring 2 term survey, which is focussing on Curriculum and Learning. There are just 6 questions which can be answered in as little as a couple of minutes, but also offers you the opportunity to expand on your answers if you would like us to know more. We are asking all parents to complete this as soon as possible.

We are always interested in hearing from everyone in our community about the things we are doing well and the things we perhaps need to improve. As part of our quality assurance processes we regularly speak to students in school about their experience but we also want to hear from Parents.

The survey will be open until 12pm Thursday 21st March and the results of this will be shared with parents at the end of the month.

Parent Survey here

In this issue...

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Whole School

Monday 18 March Week A

Monday 25 March Week B

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

Monday 15 April Week B

Monday 15 April Summer Term Starts

Year 7

Year 8

Monday 18 March Pathways Deadline

Year 9

Friday 15 - 17 March Barcelona Trip

Year 10

Friday 15 - 17 March Barcelona Trip

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

Friday 5 April GCSE Statistics Easter Revision

Year 11

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

Tuesday 2 Friday 5 April GCSE Easter Revision

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Whole School

Wildern Big Spring Clean - Saturday 16th March, 10am-12pm

As a Rights Respecting School, we understand the importance of caring for and protecting the environment. As I am sure you are aware, environmental issues have become big news featuring in eye opening documentaries by the BBC, such as ‘Drowning in Plastic’. This is something we as a school are extremely passionate about as we want to make sure there is a sustainable environment in the future for our young people.

Letter here

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Year 7

Year 7 EfL WAD Reflection session

Tutors have been asking students to reflect on the data and Behaviours for Learning in one of their morning registration sessions this week.

Year 7 EfL WAD Reflection session

Here are 3 of the questions they have been asked to think about that you could discuss with your child:

In which subjects do you show your best behaviours for learning? Why?

In which subjects do you need to improve your behaviours for learning? How might you do this?

What changes do you need to make?

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Year 8

Pathways Info/Update

Please complete pathway choices by Monday 18th March

Letter here

Key Dates here

Pathways FAQ here

Year 8 Pathways:

The MFL GCSE is changing. Watch this video to find out more about the French, German and Spanish GCSE for year 8 students choosing their pathways now. https://youtu.be/bplJmebh4XI?si=9do84xmlI9r5SxjU

HPV vaccination

Click the link below for the consent form and information about the vaccine. Access to the consent forms will close two working days prior to the session.

Letter here

Faraday Competition

The Faraday Challenge day is a cross-curricular activity day held within school. This fantastic opportunity will allow students to work in small teams to research, design and make prototype solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. Students need to go to the Wave at the start of tutor on Monday 18th March. Letters have been sent home for students involved.

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Year 9

Iceland October 2024

Reminder for all parents to complete the google form by Monday 25th March. This is so that we can collect medical, passport and dietary requirements. Thank you in advance, Mrs Dixon.

Exams Week

The Year 9 exams week is taking place between Monday 29th April and Friday 3rd May 2024 as advertised at the start of the academic year in the curriculum booklet for Year 9.

Letter here

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Year 10

Marwell Zoo, Winchester -

The Science department would like to offer your child the opportunity to visit Marwell Zoo, Winchester. The trip includes entry to the zoo and a workshop called the World Wide Webs, focussing on the themes of food webs and interdependence.

Letter here

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Year 11

Extra Support Programme (ESPs) Schedule Spring 2 2024

ESPs next week are:

Monday Maths

Tuesday: French

Wednesday: Business/Animal Care

Timetable here

Prepare to Perform Newsletter

Please click here for the latest newsletter

Year 11 WAD 2

This has been sent home via email and also on INSIGHT in the reports and WAD ready for our face to face parents evening next Thursday.

There is an updated version of the second page, following feedback, in order to help draw your attention to some of the key features of the ‘How to talk to your child about WAD video that can also be watched here

Your child will also have received an envelope on Monday 11th March with their Maths and English Practice exam grades and a comparison to their November results. Please discuss this with them.

English

On Tuesday 2nd April, the English department will be inviting selected students in for Easter revision. Please look out for the email communication which will inform you whether your son/daughter is involved.

The English department study plan for March can be found here: Study plan - Feb/Mar 2024 Alternatively, the English department website has a wealth of resources:

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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.

For further advice or for information on the support both in and outside of school please visit our Wellbeing Hub

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Extra DanceLive! Rehearsals:

Tuesday 19th March 3-4pm in the Gym

Tuesday 26th March 3-4pm in the School Hall

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.

Co- Curricular Timetable Spring Term 2024

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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 Year 8 Netball Team who won both their games tonight against St. Anne's 6-1 and St. George's, 5-0, retaining their position as current leaders of this Year 8 Southampton School Netball League.

Year 9 Boys Football. WON 5-0 v Redbridge

Last week we reported this result: Wildern 4-2 Brookfield. But this week we just wanted to spotlight the result as it was a fantastic win for Year 10 at Wildern in what was the Hampshire cup semi final. This means that Wildern Year 10 are through to the final of the Hampshire cup! We will soon post details of this game as we know lots of parents and the community will want to come down and support.

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Apprenticeship Vacancies - Please click this link for some recent links to Apprenticeship Vacancies in the local area that we have been made aware of. This list is by no means extensive and should be used alongside the Government Apprenticeship Vacancies website.

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.

Labour Market Information - November 2023

Year 9 Work Skills Day

Friday 8th March was the culmination of National Careers Week and the return of our Annual Year 9 work Skills day. An event designed to immerse the students in a lesson of hands-on team building activities. Each student spent an hour in small groups working closely with dedicated volunteers to tackle challenges that required effective communication, trust, collaboration and motivation.

Some of the activities included students building towers and bridges out of spaghetti, Mountain Survival tasks, simulated emergency situations, and more.

We were also lucky enough to welcome back Baasit Siddiqui from the popular TV show “Gogglebox”. This unique experience provided an extraordinary opportunity for a group of students to delve into the world of media and television production, with the aim of designing their own TV/media concept and pitching their final ideas to Bassit.

The day provided students with practical insights into teamwork and communication but also they discovered the value of motivation and perseverance in overcoming challenges.

What Parents & Educators Need to Know About Tekken 8

Since they were first played in arcades on oversized machines, fighting games have found their way not only into our homes via consoles and PCs, but also – in the case of franchises like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat – into the pop culture elite, with merchandise and movie adaptations. The most recent entrant to the arena is Tekken 8, which recently launched to critical acclaim.

With a cast of colourful combatants, Tekken offers an adrenalin hit of fast-paced fisticuffs and slick presentation. As with any fighting game, however, Tekken’s competitive nature and focus on violence may not be ideal for the younger element of its user-base. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has some top tips for allowing fans of virtual martial arts to enjoy the action more safely.

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Wildern School

Wildern Lane

Hedge End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 4EJ

01489 783473

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