This year’s
Farewells We've had some amazing staff come through the WGHS gates over the year, bringing a wealth of talent and experience as well as many happy memories.
Jen Yeomans Biology
Music Dept VIMS
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The Music Department would like to take this opportunity to offer our thanks to our VIM staff, who have continued to deliver their lessons online and then back in Willows. This year Mr and Mrs Bacon are leaving us after 33 years of dedicated music making, teaching brass and flute in school. Mr and Mrs Bacon shared their thoughts on their time at WGHS and QEGS and said: Wow! Where has 33 years gone? As we work across the Foundation we have had the privilege of teaching boys and girls from the age of 7 through to 18. Some have gone on a long musical journey achieving Grade 8 and others have gone on a shorter one. The highlights for us have been achieving a place in the National Festival for Youth and Music, performing in London and Birmingham and playing for the Queen but the most rewarding thing throughout our time here has been watching so many groups perform in the school concerts and thinking we teach all those children.
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And we are so very grateful that they did! Our talented singing teacher, Miss Johnson, is moving on to undertake primary school teacher training. Mrs Catherine Baker has also left us. Her work with the double reed instruments (oboe and bassoon) in her renowned Double Reed Club and Wind in the Willows ensembles was amazing and gained attention both around the country and abroad. Her work will always be remembered fondly in Willows.
Miss Johnson
Dr Korosi
ICT
Mrs Bentham and Mr Meredith Mrs Baker
WAKEFIELD
Jen has always put her students at the centre of everything she does, leaving no stone unturned to help them reach their potential. Her gentle demeanour and sense of fun as a Year 7 Form Tutor has made the transition to senior school a much less daunting prospect for countless individuals who hold her in the highest regard. Accompanying Duke of Edinburgh and Biology residential field trips, Jen’s contribution to the wider school community is greatly appreciated. Her potential to successfully turn her hand to new ventures was rightly recognised by her new school where I am confident she will prove to be just as much of an asset as she has done here. We wish her every success in her new ventures, enjoying more precious family time.
Terrie Leo
We wish Mr and Mrs Bacon, Miss Johnson and Mrs Baker all the best for the future.
56 WGHS REVIEW
Jen joined the Biology Department in September 2008 and rapidly established herself as an outstanding Biology teacher. Blessed with immense scientific acumen and a rare depth of subject knowledge Jen was quickly producing a vast array of inspirational resources loved by students and staff alike. A true perfectionist, it was no surprise that Jen revolutionised the departmental schemes of work when appointed as the Key Stage Coordinator, from which all of our students have benefitted.
After 4 years of service within the ICT Department, Mrs Leo left the Foundation at the end of April 2021. We wish her well in her future endeavours and would like to thank her for all she has done for Wakefield Girls'.
GIRLS WHERE GREAT MEMORIES ARE MADE
