Dear Parents/Carers,
Today we have finished the summer term and everyone is looking forward to a, hopefully, long sunny holiday. In the last few days here at Woking High school, 32 Year 7 and 8 students have been trained as Wellbeing Ambassadors. The scheme, run by Eikon, will enable students to be actively involved in the mental health and wellbeing support of their peers and start planning increased opportunities to enhance mental health and wellbeing provision in school.
On Tuesday evening, 75 weary members of the Music Tour arrived back at school, following a six day fabulous tour of Paris. Sixty-eight music students from across all year groups, accompanied by eight staff members had an amazing time, during which they visited many places of cultural interest including the Eiffel Tower and the famous artists square of Montmartre. They also enjoyed a river cruise on the Seine and visited Disneyland Paris. As well as excursions, the students performed three concerts at different locations within the French capital. The second concert was at the most beautiful location of all; the American Cathedral were they took an amazing group/tour photo. The final concert provided our eleven, Year 11 students their last opportunity to perform for Woking High School, and it was an emotionally charged affair which led to a rousing finale piece and a standing ovation. Everyone behaved and performed impeccably, considering the sweltering temperatures and should be congratulated for representing the school in such a positive manner. We look forward to hearing more about their adventures in Paris in the Autumn Newsletter.
Congratulations to Lois Miller Year 10 for achieving Grade 4 Musical Theatre with Merit.
Congratulations to two Woking High School alumni. Sam Belcher, last year’s recipient of the Governors’ Prize, was recently awarded Gold in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, is attending a Physics course in Cambridge this summer and is intending to apply to Cambridge next year. Daniel Copper, who won the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship in 2017, is hoping to study Material Science and Engineering at Sheffield University and has secured a further sponsorship from The Worshipful Company of Founders for his first year university studies. We wish him good luck with his A level results and future career.
Please look out for our Summer 2019 newsletter.
Finally, thank you for all the emails, cards, flowers and good wishes I have received from the Woking High School community. I have been overwhelmed with your kind words and thank you for supporting me in my role as Headteacher for the past 13 years. I will dearly miss the role and being part of such a wonderful school, but I know it will go from strength to strength in the future.
Best wishes,
Jane Abbott
Headteacher