Wednesday 16 July 2014

Activities week at Winston

Activities week 7th - 11th July 2014

Drama


Students from Years 8 & 9 were privileged to be able to work with Sam Davies, one of the UK’s leading Stage Fighting practitioners during the recent Activities week.
 


Sam, who works for the Association of Stage Fighting Artistes, led students through a physically demanding 2hours, 40 minute session, which introduced them to some of the simpler moves associated with Stage Fighting as well as some of the more intricate and complex moves that are often seen in films and on television.


Simon Donaldson 


Home Technology

In activities week we focussed on Food Around the World and the students made a pizza (they made their own bread dough). 
  


We watched videos of pizza chefs at work and they had a quiz which looked at Italian culture and language.  They designed a poster to advertise their pizza using Italian words where possible.  




  
They also looked at breads from around the World and completed a challenge on matching bread to country.  It was fun and the students were fabulous.

Philippa Ballam 



Year 7 went to Marwell Zoo

The geography department took 60 students to Marwell Wildlife during activities week linking to a unit of work they have been doing about the rainforest ecosystem. Students attended a workshop about endangered species and had time to walk around the park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophie Harris 





Newquay 2014 News!!!


The Y7 trip to Newquay in activities week this year was fantastic and the best one yet!!! 

 105 pupils got involved in a range of activities which included surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, paddle boarding, sailing, coasteering, swimming, beach volleyball, archery, zorb bubble games, and blindfolded assault courses!!! 


They also visited the local theme park, Flambards and spent hours of fun on the rides! Evening entertainment included a town trail, bowling, a beach bbq, beach games and a disco! Pupils enthusiastically threw themselves into all these activities and were spurred on by the fantastic instructors from Elemental UK. The pupils on the trip were brilliant, had a great time and are a credit to our school! Staff accompanying the children on the trip thoroughly enjoyed their week with the pupils and wanted to stay longer! We can’t wait to get planning for another trip next year! 

 

Miss A Howe 

 

Germany


On Monday 7th July 44 students and 5 members of staff travelled to the Rhineland for five days of German language, culture and food. The students took every opportunity to try out their German in cafes and shops as well as on the visit to a medieval castle, the river cruise, the tour of Cologne cathedral and the chocolate factory. It was agreed that for a lot of people the highlight was the fantastic spaghetti ice cream on the final evening, as well as of course cheering on the German football team in their 7-1 victory. 



Thanks to all the students and staff involved for their positive attitudes despite the challenging weather!

 Julie Baxter

 

Wales