New Winter Menu

The new winter menu for the canteen is now available.  Meals and snacks can be purchased in the canteen and snacks are available in the new kiosk on the patio during break and lunch.

Learning Review

Learning Review – Thursday 26 November & Friday 27 November 2015

The Learning Review will take on a new focus this year linked to the development of a core set of competencies for all our students. The Winston competencies are a range of skills that we believe will enable your son or daughter to become a more effective learner at school, will help them in the world of work and give them the life skills to be successful as an adult. The Winston competencies are as follows:

• Resilience
• Creativity
• Independence
• Communication
• Critical Analysis
• Collaboration
• Organisation
• Enquiry

The Learning Review meeting will focus on which of these competencies each student possesses as a strength and which ones they could develop. Over the course of the next two weeks the students will work with their tutor to complete the Learning Review booklet, The booklet will enable the students to identify their strengths linked to the competencies, but also recognise the skills where they need to make an improvement.

We would like parents to actively contribute to the discussion at the Learning Review meeting. A parent’s sheet outlining the competencies is available here  for you to review the key aspects of each competency, which we hope will enable you to embark on a fruitful skills discussion with your son or daughter at home.

 

Parents View Survey

We always welcome the views of parents and carers regarding the educational experience your son or daughter receives at The Winston Churchill School. A new parent/carer questionnaire has been created this term to provide you with the opportunity to feedback to us your views about the school and how we might further improve the quality of education being delivered. If you haven't already done so and you would like to contribute, please log into frog and click on the Parent View survey button to submit your views.

Learning Review booklet

Competencies

Do you have experience of Fundraising - Can you advise us?

I would be interested to hear from someone who has experience of fund raising, as I am seeking some advice for a large project, aimed at improving facilities for our students and the local community, which I would like to complete by 2017.





If you feel you could help in any way please contact the office on office@wcsc.org.uk or telephone 01483 476861.





Mrs Johnson-Walker
Headteacher

Frog Parent Portal: issues with viewing student's homework

There is an issue with viewing your son/daughter's homework on the parent view of Frog. Sometimes no homework is being shown and other times some, but not all of the homework will be shown. It is being investigated and hopefully will be fixed very soon.


In the mean time you will be able to see student's homework on their own accounts.

Train to Teach Event.

Thamesmead School invite you to a "Train to Teach" event to be held on Saturday 28th November 2015 at Manygate Lane, Shepperton, Surrey TW17 9EE GB.

Have you seen the advertisments on the televison and wondered if teaching was for you. Why not attend this event and have all your questions answered.

Go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-into-teaching-tickets-19168653960 to reserve your  place.

Balloon release in aid of SANDS

The students of Winston have got together to support the charity SANDS. SANDS supports anyone who has been affected by the death of a baby before, during or shortly after birth.  They offer emotional support and information for parents, grandparents, siblings, children, families and friends, health professionals and others.

On Friday 16th October as well as a fund raising balloon release the students will be fund raising around the school. They have also set up a JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/WCSC-SANDS for anyone that would like to make a donations

Rachel and David - Head Girl and Head Boy said "

‘Here is a link to a JustGiving page that we have set up in aid of a charity called Sands which is a stillbirth and neonatal charity. This week in school we have been doing a series of fundraising events for the charity as it has affected several teachers in the school and is very close to our hearts.

Please donate at https://www.justgiving.com/WCSC-SANDS

Don't forget to watch the skies around the school from about 2.35

Radio Woking Broadcasting from The Winston Churchill School, now on DAB

Radio Woking is a community radio station broadcasting to listeners in  Woking and the surrounding area and after a number of successful years transmitting across the internet has finally hit the airwaves.


The station is about giving you an alternative to the mainstream.  It’s not trying to be something for everyone every minute of the day, it’s about listening to a show that interests you.  Hopefully many shows will find your interest across our broad selection of programmes.

Levi Roots visits radio Woking

Winston students have a programme every school day at 3.00pm. There are new morning and afternoon programmes giving traffic and weather news and a whole variety of programmes throughout the evening and weekend, some with live music and guest presenters.  Take a look a the schedule for more details.

If you don't have a DAB radio don't worry, Radio Woking is still transmitting on the internet.

Justin Coll, the Radio Manager, talks about the station in the press release