Wilmslow High School

Year 7 letter.pdf

Year 7 TN VIS4.pdf

Year 7 BH VIS4.pdf

Year 8 letter.pdf

Year 8 French VIS4.pdf

Year 8 German VIS4.pdf

Year 9 letter.pdf

Year 9 BH VIS4.pdf

Year 9 TN VIS4.pdf

Year 11 students had an advice and guidance assembly on Thursday 9th May that focused upon how to approach the summer examinations, the routines and protocols to be followed and the behaviour expectations before, during and after the examinations. The Powerpoint slides that supported this assembly can be accessed by clicking here.

For a copy of the full GCSE examination timetable please click here.

We have now reached the following events in the Key Stage 4 Course Choice Process:

Friday 1st March 2013

• Final Course Choice form issued to students
• Reference copy for you to keep.
• Copy to be returned to Form Tutor.

Thursday 7th March 2013

• Review Day
• Students will be able to discuss ideas about course choices with their tutor.

Monday 11th  March

• Deadline for return of the completed Final Course Choices form to Form Tutors.

Click on the following links to download:

• Letter to Parents / Students explaining information in the Final Choices Form - 27th February 2013

• Blank copy of Final Choices Form - 1st March 2013

Full information about the Key Stage 4 Course Choice process for Year 9 students has now been published in the following section of the school website:

Education

Click on the link above to go to the Education page of the website and then scroll down to the article titled Key Stage 4 Choice Process 2013 which provides:

• a timetable of the main events
• downloadable copies of all the documents, presentations and publications that have been distributed
• links to a range of useful websites

If you have any queries please contact:

Mrs H Curl - KS4 Course Choice Process Coordinator - hcurl@wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk

Mr P J Jones - Careers Education and Guidance Coordinator - pjjones@wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk

Dr J Pulle - Deputy Headteacher - jpulle@wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk

On Monday February 4th Year 10 students in Science sets 2-5 will carry out the first part of their controlled assessment for the "GCSE Science A" course.

Please click here for a copy of the letter to parents.

The building of our new Learning and Support Centre, which will provide appropriate and long awaited accommodation for students with special educational needs and students on alternative programmes, is due to commence on Monday 28th January (some preparation will take place from Wednesday 23rd January)

• The building will be a wing of the building we call the Pavilion which is predominantly the sixth form base.

• The provisional date for completion is October half term 2013.

• During this time health and safety arrangements will be put in place in relation to vehicle access, accessing and exiting the Pavilion and the new fire alarm routine.

• Please click here to see powerpoint presentation for students that describes these arrangements in more detail.

Appointment times for Tutorial day are now available and can be downloaded below. Each student is referenced by their network login G number.

• Year7
• Year8
• Year9
• Year10
• Year11
• Year12

In the event of there being any reason, eg adverse weather conditions, that necessitates an unexpected school closure this information will be:

1. Published on the school website

2. Supplied by text message to those parents for whom we have up to date mobile phone numbers

3. Broadcast by the following local radio stations

• BBC Radio Manchester
• BBC Radio Stoke
• Cheshire FM
• Canalside Radio
• Signal Radio
• Silk FM

Please click here for a copy of the Year 11 Mock Examinations 2012 Letter to Parents.

As previously published the following full Parents Evenings are scheduled for November and December

• Year 13 - Thursday 15th November
• Year 10 - Thursday 22nd November - please click here for letter distributed by tutors
• Year 12 - Thursday 6th December

Planning with students has begun for the Year 10 Work Experience programme scheduled for Monday 1st - Friday 5th July 2013.

Please click here for the letter distributed on Friday 21st September.

Please click here for the self-placement form that students were invited to collect from Mrs Stephens.

Wednesday 31st October 2012 - 4.30 - 6.45 pm

This evening aims to provide students and parents with:

• information about the variety of education and training pathways available to students at age 16 and after

• opportunity to explore the options available at local FE Colleges, apprenticeship providers and in the uniformed services

• information about the purpose of Work Experience week and how it fits in with the KS4 PHSCE Programme (of specific relevance to Year 10 - see also previous News Item titled Year 10 work Experience - summer 2013)

The timings for the evening are:

• 4.30 pm Careers Fair commences
• 4.45 pm Presentation on Work Experience (repeated at 6.15 pm)
• 5.30 pm Presentation on Post-16 Qualifications
• 6.15 pm Presentation on Work Experience (repeat of 5.00 pm presentation) - Careers Fair draws to a close

For further details of interest to Year 10 students and their parents please see the letter than can be downloaded from here.

For Year 11 students and their parents please see the letter that can be downloaded from here and the Cheshire East information sheet about "Raising of the Participation Age" which can be downloaded from here.

On Friday 7th September, students received from their form tutors a copy of the following letters.

• Mrs Bremner's beginning of year letter
• Homework timetable
• Home-School Agreement

This documentation can be downloaded by following this link and we request that one copy of the signed Home-School Agreement be returned to school as soon as possible.

• A2 Results for Year 13 will be issued at 10am on Thursday 16th August
• AS Results for Year 12 will be issued at 10.30am on Thursday 16th August
• GCSE Results for Year 11 will be issued at 10am on Thursday 23rd August

Results for all other year groups will be issued in September by form tutors.

Please click here for the letter published 16th July regarding proposed residential and whole year group visits for 2012 - 2013.

Please click here for the accompanying table with summary details of this visits.

The Headteacher's End of Term Notes were published on Thursday 19th July. They can be downloaded by clicking on this link and contain information on:

• School Uniform - particular focus on changes for September 2012
• Free School Meals
• Valuable Items
• Parents Xtra
• Reasons why the school is not pursuing Academy status
• Privacy Notice
• Examination Results arrangements
• Autumn Term Dates for students
• Sports arrangements for 2012-2013
• Start of Year arrangements for September 2012
• Educational visits programme for 2012-2013
• Cycling safety
• High Leisure
• Nomination of Parent Governor

Appointment times for Tutorial day are now available and can be downloaded below. Each student is referenced by their network login G number.

• Year7
• Year8
• Year9
• Year10
• Year11
• Year12

The school's privacy notice has been adjusted slightly in order to allow us to share relevant student information with agencies acting directly on our behalf to provide services for students and their parents.

This means that we will give only relevant and necessary information to organisations such as Changing Education or Chartwells Catering to allow them to provide their service. At all times the school will remain the "Data Controller" and only relevant information will be shared: members of these organisations will not have access to school databases, but simply to sets of information that we provide them with.

The revised privacy notice is available here and printed copies are available on request.

Please click here for a copy of the checklist that parents and students need to use for the Manley Mere visit:

• Tuesday 26th June - Bollin and Harefield
• Thursday 28th June - Norcliffe and Thorngrove

Important letter about significant new ICT systems at WHS issued to students Tuesday 12 June. Reply needed for every student ASAP.

(Follow this link for a copy of the letter)

An FAQ regarding Biometrics can also be downloaded here.

The letter recently issued by form tutors to students regarding the changes to school uniform from September 2012 can be downloaded by clicking here.

The latest edition of High Performance was distributed to students on Thursday 31st May and can be downloaded by clicking on this link.

Internal examinations for Years 7 -10 are scheduled for week commencing 11th June.

The relevant timetables for each year group can be downloaded by clicking on the following links:

• Year 7
• Year 8
• Year 9
• Year 10

Please click below to download a copy of the relevant Olympic Week letters detailing the arrangements for the activities and visits that will take place during the 25th - 29th June 2012.

• Year 7
• Year 8
• Year 9

These were distributed by Form tutors to students last week.

The medical VIS 4 form and payment are to be returned to school via form tutors by Friday 1st June.

The last compulsory day of attendance for all Year 11 students is Monday 28th May 2012

• All Year 11 students should attend normal lessons on Monday 28th May in the morning. At the start of the day there will be four separate House assemblies for Year 11 students.

• Year 11 students taking the English Language examination on Tuesday 29th May in the morning will be expected to attend Monday afternoon lessons as normal since these include a final revision session for the English Language examination

• Year 11 students not taking English Language examination on the Tuesday morning 29th May will begin their study leave on Monday 28th May afternoon: leaving school at 12.45pm

• On Tuesday 29th May only the students who are taking the English Language examination (a.m.) and D & T: Graphic Products examination (p.m.) have to attend. If remaining students would like to attend their lessons they may do so: these will be within the study leave programme and the focus will be on revision.

• From Wednesday 30th May until Friday 1st June teachers will be available during students' normal lesson timetable to provide a study leave programme. Prior to the examination in each subject some students may find this support valuable. All students choosing to attend the site for revision lessons must recognise that there are important Year 11, 12 and 13 examinations taking place and so any 'end of school' celebrations will have to be kept until the Year 11 Prom Evening on Thursday 12th July

Please click here for the statement that Mrs Bremner has published regarding the tragic death of Hannah Thomas. Staff will be sharing its contents with students at the earliest opportunity.

The latest edition of High News was distributed to students on Tuesday 20th December and can be downloaded by clicking on this link.

This edition contains the following sections:

• Headteacher's End of Term Notes
• Year 11 GCSE Statistics students support David Lewis Centre
• Year 10 GCSE History students report on educational visit to WWI Battlefields
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme explained
• Arts News
• Charity News - Children in Need and Sixth Form Fashion Show
• Curriculum News - introducing Year 9 students to the Key Stage 4 Course Choice process
• Sports News

Wilmslow High School is trialling an online course designed to help students learn to manage the pressure and stress of examinations.

This is part of a research study run by Edge Hill University and examining body AQA. We hope that by helping students learn about stress and how they can manage their thoughts and emotions we can improve their wellbeing and their performance in examinations. The trial involves all our Year 10 students, but students from Year 11, Year 12 and Year 13 can also access the online course on the VLE in the PHSCE area.

Please click here for a copy of the letter sent to parents and students.

March 15th saw 50 students, mainly from Years 7 and 8 take part in the national BBC School Report Day. Researching information, arranging interviews,

developing and writing up their articles in time to meet a tight deadline meant that the students had to work in an energetic and focused manner

throughout the day. A wide variety of challenging topics were covered and their work is available to read via the website link here.

Full information about the Key Stage 4 Course Choice process for Year 9 students has now been published in the following section of the school website:

Education

Click on the link above to go to the Education page of the website and then scroll down to the article titled Key Stage 4 Choice Process 2012 which provides:

• a timetable of the main events
• downloadable copies of all the documents, presentations and publications that have been distributed
• links to a range of useful websites

If you have any queries please contact:

Mrs H Curl - KS4 Course Choice Process Coordinator - hcurl@wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk

Dr J Pulle - Deputy Headteacher - jpulle@wilmslowhigh.cheshire.sch.uk

Following Mrs Bremner's item in the December 2011 edition of High News about us reviewing the school uniform we are pleased to report that a display of the proposed uniform changes is now in the reception area of school and the Learning Resource Centre. Students are already showing considerable interest and are completing the feedback questionnaire which can be downloaded from this link. We welcome your comments on this questionnaire and would recommend that they are best made after popping into school in order to see the quality and look of the new uniform items first hand.

The letter with full details of this event will have been distributed by Form Tutors by Friday 13th January and can be downloaded from this link. As usual it is possible to book appointments from 5.00pm to 8.00pm.

The letter will also introduce the National Citizens Service "Summer of a Lifetime" Programme that Year 11 students may apply to join for four weeks in July/August. An article describing last year's programme in Cheshire can be downloaded from this link and further details will be provided to students in an assembly led by one of the local organisers during the week commencing 23rd January.

The latest edition of High News was distributed to students on Tuesday 20th December and can be downloaded by clicking on this link.

This edition contains the following sections:

• Headteacher's End of Term Notes
• Year 11 GCSE Statistics students support David Lewis Centre
• Year 10 GCSE History students report on educational visit to WWI Battlefields
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme explained
• Arts News
• Charity News - Children in Need and Sixth Form Fashion Show
• Curriculum News - introducing Year 9 students to the Key Stage 4 Course Choice process
• Sports News

The December 2011 edition of High News will contain an article, which can be downloaded here, titled Helping Year 9 students prepare for Key Stage 4 and beyond.

Parents of Year 9 students are advised to read this article before the beginning of the spring term as it contains introductory information and key dates about the Key Stage 4 Course Choice process.

We are introducing a Car Parking Barrier System in order to enhance the safety of the site of our students, parents, staff and community users.

This will first come into operation on Monday 12th December. Mrs Bremner's letter outlining how the system will work was distributed to students on Tuesday 6th December and can be downloaded from here.

There are a number of external examinations scheduled to take place in January and February 2012.

Please click on the following links to see the published tiemtables for:

• AS/A2 module examinations
• GCSE module examination

Please contact the Examinations Officer, Mrs Gamble, if you have any queries.

As previously published the following full Parents Evenings are scheduled for November and December

1. Year 13 - Thursday 17th November
2. Year 10 - Thursday 24th November - please (click here) for letter distributed by tutors
3. Year 12 - Thursday 8th December

Wilmslow High School is once again supporting Children in Need (follow this link for further details).

This week tutors have distributed to students copies of our new look school newsletter, High News (follow this link to download a copy).

This marks the introduction of the following publication schedule for High News and High Performance that was outlined by Mrs Bremner in the pilot edition last May:

1. September 2011 - Beginning of year letter
2. October 2011 - High News
3. December 2011 - High News
4. January 2012 - High Performance
5. February 2012 - High News
6. March 2012 - High News
7. June 2012 - High Performance
8. July 2012 - High News

We look forward to welcoming parents of Year 7 students to the Settling In Evening on Thursday 3rd November. Please click here for a copy of the letter from Mr Dodds about this event that was issued to students before half-term.

Wednesday 2nd November 2011 - 4.30 - 6.45 pm

This evening aims to provide students and parents with:

• information about the variety of education and training pathways available to students at age 16 and after
• opportunity to explore the options available at local FE Colleges, apprenticeship providers and in the uniformed services
• information about the purpose of Work Experience week and how it fits in with the KS4 PHSCE Programme (of specific relevance to Year 10)

For further details of interest to Year 10 students and their parents please see the letter than can be downloaded from here.

For Year 11 students and their parents please see the letter that can be downloaded from here.

Following the item in the Headteacher's beginning of year letter, there have been three candidates nominated for the one available place on the Governing Body.

Please click here to download the candidates' statements.

Students have been issued with ballot papers today by their form tutors. To vote in the election you should place an "X" against a name on the ballot paper and put it in the enclosed small, blank envelope (only one ballot paper in each envelope please). This, in turn, should be placed in the larger named envelope that should be returned to school not later than 12 noon on Friday, 14th October.

This procedure has been adopted to ensure the secrecy of the ballot, as well as maintaining a record of who has voted.

The count will be held on Friday, 14th October and the result will be available from school later in the afternoon.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me at school.

Bob Davies

Clerk to the Governors and Returning Officer

/[Published October 2011]

Visitors to the Post-16 Opportunities Evening on Wednesday 5th October were given a copy of the Sixth Form Prospectus and Application Form for September 2012 entry.

Published October 2011

All admissions into Year 7 at Wilmslow High School for September 2012 are managed by Cheshire East Council.

Full details can be found in their booklet How to apply for school places 2012-2013 - Secondary Schools Supplement which can be downloaded here or requested from Cheshire East directly by telephoning 0300 123 5012 or by downloading from the following page on their website: Schools Information Booklets.

You might also wish to explore the relevant sections of the Cheshire East website by clicking on the following link: Secondary Admissions

A summary of the key points of the admissions process can be found in the current school prospectus which can be downloaded by clicking on the following link.

Published September 2011

If you are interested in becoming a student at Wilmslow High School there are a number of opportunities over the next two weeks to visit us and find out more about the educational experience we provide.

• Open Evening - Thursday 29th September - 6.00 - 8.00 pm
• Open Day - Friday 30th September - tours at 9.15, 11.15 and 1.30 pm
• Sixth Form Opportunities Evening - Wednesday 5th October - 6.00 - 8.00 pm

Published September 2011

On Friday 9th September, students received from their form tutors a copy of the following letters.

• Mrs Bremner's beginning of year letter
• Homework timetable
• Home-School Agreement

Published 19/06/11

Congratulations to our students on the excellent examinations results that they have received this summer. We wish them well for their next steps, whether to university, apprenticeship, employment, further education or joining the sixth form.

The press releases published by school can be downloaded here:

• A-Level results press release
• GCSE results press release

The articles that appeared on the www.wilmslow.co.uk website can be found here:

• A-Level results article http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/4709/best-ever-a-level-results-for-wilmslow-high
• GCSE results article http://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/4739/gcse-results-cap-outstanding-year-for-wilmslow-high

The school examination officer, Mrs Gamble, distributed statement of examination entries to Year 11 students on 7th February (follow this link for a copy of the letter) and to Year 10 students on 8th February (follow this link for a copy of the letter).

The GCSE and Functional Skills examination timetable for summer 2011 is also available for viewing by following this link.