Autumn Term Issue 6 alendar Friday 27th November 2015...Hallfold, Whitworth, Rochdale Lancashire,...
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Hallfold, Whitworth, Rochdale Lancashire, OL12 8TS Tel (01706) 343218 www.wchs.co Newsletter Climbing higher! Calendar 30.11.15 Parents’ Informaon Evening Y8-10 08.12.15—10.12.15 School producon of ‘Annie’ 14.12.15 Whitworth Civic Carol Service 7.00pm 15.12.15 Senior Cizen’s Christmas Party 16.12.15 Christmas Concert 17.12.15 KS3 Disco Christmas Lunch Christmas Jumper day 18.12.15 Commendaon Assemblies School closes at 1.00pm for Christmas break 04.01.16 School re-opens to students Autumn Term Issue 6 Friday 27th November 2015 Dear parents and carers GCSE Presentaon Evening on Wednesday 18 th November was a lovely occasion. A me to recognise the outstanding work, the individual achievements, the talent and effort of our amazing young people. A me to show my appreciaon to the staff and governors of our school for their commitment, enthusiasm, and desire to enhance the life chances of our students, and to thank parents and carers for all the support they gave to their Y11 children and to our school over the past year. GCSE Presentaon Evening celebrates and rewards individual achievements and endeavours – but so much of our success in 2014-2015 was down to a magnificent team effort. Staff and students worked so effecvely together to improve our school and – at the heart of it all – to improve outcomes for students to enable them to have the best possible range of choices as they move on from us. What made our 2015 Y11s a special year group? Well, a number of things – not least the way they came together and looked out for each other more than any other Y11 group I’ve ever known. Y11 really was characterised by their caring and supporve atude towards each other. The students who won awards and cerficates at GCSE Presentaon Evening had all made their mark in a very clear way – they were recognised for outstanding effort or progress; for the highest achievement in each subject; for the highest aendance; for outstanding GCSE results across the ability range; for their excellent contribuons to school life – all of which help to make Whitworth Community High School a great place to work and learn and which ensure as a school we really are ‘Climbing Higher.’ In the school’s 50 th anniversary year, it was fing that our guest speaker was Tom Hobson – a founder member of the school staff, who taught PE when the school first opened on 6 th January 1965 with just 315 students. Three generaons of Tom’s family have been a part of Whitworth County / Community High School – Tom himself, his wife Denise who was the bursar for 30 years; his children aended our school, as did some of his grandchildren. And Tom connues his fantasc commitment and contribuon to our school – teaching our young brass players, playing in our wind band and draſting in various members of his family to help out too! We are truly fortunate to have Tom in our midst: as a supporter of all we do, as an excellent musician, as a Whitworth stalwart, and as someone who is described by one of our Y10 students as ‘a good man.’ Major awards were won by Molly Ince and Caitlin Chippendale – Head Girls and Alex Park – Head Boy; by Lorna Wesley – Best GCSE results; Nicola Howorth – overall outstanding effort; Caitlin Chippendale – outstanding contribuon to the school over 5 years; Robert Lee for best aendance; and a special award was made to Melissa Suon for courage and resilience. Subject prizes were presented by teachers from our different facules and our other awards were presented by our guests: the mayors of both Whitworth and Rossendale, Tom Hobson, Marie Kinnear, as well as by Mr Rushton and our Chair of Governors: Lila Towers. Award winner Zoe Wright was unable to aend as she is currently enjoying a 1 year scholarship at the Manger Folkeshogskule in Norway, where she is the solo tenor horn player on their renowned brass band course. Thank you to everyone who helped to make the evening such a success, congratulaons to our highest achieving year group and good luck to them all for the future. Best Wishes Mrs G Middlemas Headteacher November 2015 December 2015 January 2016
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Hallfold, Whitworth, Rochdale Lancashire, OL12 8TS Tel (01706) 343218 www.wchs.co Newsletter
Climbing higher!
Calendar
30.11.15 Parents’ Information
Evening Y8-10
08.12.15—10.12.15 School production of
‘Annie’
14.12.15 Whitworth Civic Carol
Service 7.00pm
15.12.15 Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party
16.12.15 Christmas Concert
17.12.15 KS3 Disco
Christmas Lunch Christmas Jumper day
18.12.15 Commendation
Assemblies School closes at
1.00pm for Christmas break
04.01.16 School re-opens to
students
Autumn Term Issue 6 Friday 27th November 2015
Dear parents and carers GCSE Presentation Evening on Wednesday 18th November was a lovely occasion. A time to recognise the outstanding work, the individual achievements, the talent and effort of our amazing young people. A time to show my appreciation to the staff and governors of our school for their commitment, enthusiasm, and desire to enhance the life chances of our students, and to thank parents and carers for all the support they gave to their Y11 children and to our school over the past year. GCSE Presentation Evening celebrates and rewards individual achievements and endeavours – but so much of our success in 2014-2015 was down to a magnificent team effort. Staff and students worked so effectively together to improve our school and – at the heart of it all – to improve outcomes for students to enable them to have the best possible range of choices as they move on from us. What made our 2015 Y11s a special year group? Well, a number of things – not least the way they came together and looked out for each other more than any other Y11 group I’ve ever known. Y11 really was characterised by their caring and supportive attitude towards each other. The students who won awards and certificates at GCSE Presentation Evening had all made their mark in a very clear way – they were recognised for outstanding effort or progress; for the highest achievement in each subject; for the highest attendance; for outstanding GCSE results across the ability range; for their excellent contributions to school life – all of which help to make Whitworth Community High School a great place to work and learn and which ensure as a school we really are ‘Climbing Higher.’ In the school’s 50th anniversary year, it was fitting that our guest speaker was Tom Hobson – a founder member of the school staff, who taught PE when the school first opened on 6th January 1965 with just 315 students. Three generations of Tom’s family have been a part of Whitworth County / Community High School – Tom himself, his wife Denise who was the bursar for 30 years; his children attended our school, as did some of his grandchildren. And Tom continues his fantastic commitment and contribution to our school – teaching our young brass players, playing in our wind band and drafting in various members of his family to help out too! We are truly fortunate to have Tom in our midst: as a supporter of all we do, as an excellent musician, as a Whitworth stalwart, and as someone who is described by one of our Y10 students as ‘a good man.’ Major awards were won by Molly Ince and Caitlin Chippendale – Head Girls and Alex Park – Head Boy; by Lorna Wesley – Best GCSE results; Nicola Howorth – overall outstanding effort; Caitlin Chippendale – outstanding contribution to the school over 5 years; Robert Lee for best attendance; and a special award was made to Melissa Sutton for courage and resilience. Subject prizes were presented by teachers from our different faculties and our other awards were presented by our guests: the mayors of both Whitworth and Rossendale, Tom Hobson, Marie Kinnear, as well as by Mr Rushton and our Chair of Governors: Lila Towers. Award winner Zoe Wright was unable to attend as she is currently enjoying a 1 year scholarship at the Manger Folkeshogskule in Norway, where she is the solo tenor horn player on their renowned brass band course. Thank you to everyone who helped to make the evening such a success, congratulations to our highest achieving year group and good luck to them all for the future.
Best Wishes Mrs G Middlemas
Headteacher
November 2015
December 2015
January 2016
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Smart watches
With Christmas not that far away, can we make it clear that SMART watches are not allowed in school, so please be aware of this when considering gift requests.
PARENT NOTICES
TWITTER You can now follow individual faculties as well as the main school account on: @WhitworthHS @WCHS_Ski_Team @WCHS_PE @WCHSCulture @WchsLogic @WCHSEnglish @WCHS_Science
Students of the Week History
Mia Howells—Y11 Danielle Palmer—Y11 Curtis Whitehead—Y11
Spanish Tom Offley—Y10 Katy Bray—Y9 Declan Larkin—Y9 Lucy Farrell—Y9 Jaydan Hanson-Beech—Y8 Khadija Malik—Y8 Jennifer Forbes—Y8 Denika Connolly—Y7 Jake Barron—Y7
Business Studies Elle Gregson-Howarth– Y10
Form Oliver Goggins—8A
Learning Journal of the Week
Katie Heath—7G
After school PE clubs PE clubs may be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Students will still be able to take part in other after school activities such as Fitness Club. Parents are advised to make contingency arrangements in advance.
Outstanding Lesson Showcase
Here at Whitworth Community High School, we consider the development of our teachers to be a very high priority. We are continually looking for different ways to engage our teachers with the best quality professional development (CPD) opportunities. So much so that several of our teachers attend regular training through the Lancashire Authority and directly through the exam boards for specific assessment requirements. Additionally, four of our heads of department are taking part in the Pennine Lancashire Education Leadership Academy (PLELA) middle leadership programme. Despite the numerous external training courses on offer to our staff, we are increasingly finding that the most effective CPD comes from within! We are utilising the expertise of our highly skilled and experienced teaching staff to create a culture of collaboration where teachers learn from each other. The most recent example of this was our ‘Outstanding Lesson Showcase’ which took place in the first week of November. The evening began with a presentation regarding the use of the lesson plan to ensure progress for all. This was followed by four mini-lessons on a carousel, where teachers had the chance to attend lessons delivered by four of their consistently outstanding colleagues and viewed their practices from the perspective of a student. The evening was a resounding success and it was great to see strategies for successful learning shared so freely, which we are sure will lead to continued examination success.
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Year 7 Cell Projects
This week Mr Duxbury’s and Mrs Howarth's Science classes made Cell models for their home learning task. There was a huge variety of ideas ranging from polystyrene balls and cardboard boxes to balloons and cake! Congratulations to all students for making such amazing models which they all talked about in great detail.
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Whitworth Community High School Celebrates with the Class of 2015
As you can see above, we had a packed civic hall, and below is the impressive display of trophies, donated by Hanson Springs: once again, thank you to Hanson Springs Ltd for their kind donation. Our guest speaker was Tom Hobson, one of the founding members of staff at Whitworth, fifty years ago. 10 members of our Governing Body were present for the ceremony: Mrs Risby, Mr Steen, Mrs Kenyon, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Wright, Mrs Middlebrook, Mrs Hughes, Mr Crook, Mrs Banham and of course Mrs Towers, Chair of Governors, all of whom attend school events regularly.
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Message from the Town Clerk
Thank-you for inviting the Mayor to join you for the GCSE presentation evening, and thank-you also for the kind donation to the mayor’s charity. During the Full Council Meeting last Thursday, the Mayor Councillor Lynda Barnes, told Council how much she had enjoyed the GCSE presentation evening that she had been invited to by Whitworth Community High School. She was really impressed by the students and the results and wanted me to communicate that the school has done Whitworth proud. On behalf of Whitworth Town Council, I am emailing to congratulate Whitworth Community High School, the Headteacher, staff and pupils in light of your excellent results.
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