Dear Parents/Carers,
By now I hope that you will have received our Autumn 2018 Welcome letter (it was sent via Schoolcomms on Wednesday). It contains key information and administrative guidance for the year ahead.
It was a pleasure to welcome so many Year 10 parents to the KS4 Curriculum information evening on Monday. The evening was focused on sharing key subject information and highlighting the support that is available to students throughout the next couple of years, such as the excellent careers advice provided by Innervate and the wrap-around care of the pastoral team. If you were unable to attend, the powerpoint presentation given on the evening is on our website. A reminder that the Year 7 Curriculum information evening is to be held on Monday 17th September in the School Hall at 6 p.m. Invitations for this evening were sent out earlier this week.
At the end of last term, many of our students and a few staff members, were involved in the production of a short video (3+ minutes) highlighting key aspects of the school and focussing on: academic excellence, outstanding pastoral care and unparalleled extra-curricular opportunities. The staff and students have had a preview of the finished video this week and I am pleased to be able to share this with you. It is located under the “The Spirit of Woking High School” with a link from the home page or in the ‘About Us’ section our website. I hope you agree that it really does capture the ethos of Woking High School.
This week saw the launch of Ukie-Digital Schoolhouse Hub at Woking High School, Computing Department, with Mr Afana as the Hub leader. The Hub is an outreach project that is aimed towards primary schools, to provide advice and training for teachers and students in the delivery of Computer Science and Computational Thinking topics and skills. UbiSoft, an international Computer and video Games company, as new sponsors of Ukie-Digital Schoolhouse, has announced their sponsorship of Woking High School, represented by the Computing Department. This sponsorship will open new opportunities for our students in many areas, including Business Studies, Design and Technology, access to real life work experience, public relationships and many more. As a result of this new opportunity, the school will be hosting the first E-Sport event for secondary schools students during this academic year. This is part of a national competition that takes place on an annual basis.
An invitation to the AGM and first meeting of the Friends of Woking High School for this academic year, was sent out at the end of the summer term, in accordance with the constitution of FoWHS. The invitation is also currently on our website. All parents/carers of students at Woking High School are most welcome to attend both the AGM and Autumn meeting, which occurs on Tuesday 18th September at 7 p.m. in the School Library.
Please see attached details regarding the Woking Rotary Swimathon on Sunday 14th October, for which the Friends of Woking High School have been selected as one of the five charities that will receive the monies raised from it.
Also a big thank you from the Friends of Woking High School to the Horsell Village After School Club for their very generous donation of £5,000 towards our school mini bus appeal. The HVASC committee felt the mini bus would be a great place to donate some of their reserves, as many of the After School Club children go on to Woking High School. We are extremely pleased and grateful. This large donation has helped us make a big step towards our £10,000 target - see link for progress. https://www.totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/schoolbus
Congratulations go to the following students for their achievements in Music exams over the summer.
Year 7 - Daniel Grainger – Grade 3 Saxophone – Merit
Year 7 - Herbie Hunter – Grade 4 Classical guitar – Merit
Year 8 - Meghan Amin – Grade 5 Flute – Merit
Year 11 - Emily Loxton – Grade 5 Theory – Distinction
Congratulations also go to two ex-Woking High School students, Lucy Colleer graduated with a 2.1 degree in MSci Psychology from the University of Nottingham in 2017 and is now working for NHS NW London Clinical Commissioning group promoting organ donation. Lauren Hebditch, our Young Achievers guest speaker in 2017, has passed Bar School and was Called to The Bar of England and Wales on 26th July 2018. Please see a picture of Lauren in her wig and gown.
Our good luck wishes go to Rhys Conlon in Year 7 who is competing in the British Lead Climbing Championships in Edinburgh the first weekend in October.
Best wishes,
Jane Abbott
Headteacher