EBulletin WE 21st March 2025

Message from our Headteacher Dear Parents and Carers I hope you have enjoyed this week’s spring time weather. It has been lovely to hear and see the students enjoying the grounds at enrichment time this week.

Next week we have a wellbeing event and Art Workshop for Year 10 and the parliament trip for Year 13.

Best wishes Mrs Young

Y10 Art Workshop in school all day Year 8, 9 and 11 German Play After School Football, Miss Canlett, Main Field Y10 Netball, Courts, PE Staff

Year 13 History/ Government & Politics students Parliament trip After school A Level Computer Science support, Mr Atton, Room 18 GCSE Computer Science support, Mr Lewis, Room 17 Y9 Netball, Courts, PE Staff

Year 10 Wellbeing Event—Revision Skills

Year 9 DTP/ MEN catch up vaccines

After School Year 7&8 Netball, Courts, PE staff

Y8 Netball tournament at WGHS KS4 & 5 Badminton, Sports Hall Textiles Club , Mrs Johnson, D&T rooms

After school Table Tennis Club Cancelled

Wednesday 2nd April

Parents’ Guild Fundraiser—Girls’ Night In, Y7 & 8 Ticketed event

After school

Higher Education and Apprenticeship Fair Friday 11th April Last day of Spring Term

Next Week’s Deadlines Tuesday 25th March Year 13 – Leavers’ Prom - Balance Payment.

Letters Letter to Parents - Data Update - All students Y12 English Speaking Board Course - Letter to Parents Y12 Student Apprenticeship Talks - Letter to Parents Y9 Book Purchase - Macbeth/Inspector Calls - Letter to parents

Data Update request It is important that we hold accurate details for your daughter, and it is your responsibility to inform the school in the event of any changes to your daughter’s medical information, dietary, home address details and most importantly, changes to her emergency contact details that we hold in school.

Please could we request that you log into the Arbor Parent Portal or Arbor Parent App to check that your daughter’s medical information, home address, and emergency contact details are up to date.

Should there be any changes that you wish to inform us of, please contact our Data Manager, Benjamin Beddows on 01902 551515 or via email at enquiries@wghs.org.uk. Alternatively, you can request changes via the Arbor Parent Portal or the Arbor Parent App (available on both Android and iOS).

Arbor Parent Portal: https://login.arbor.sc/ Arbor Parent App (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arboreducation.parentapp Arbor Parent App (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/arbor-parent-app/ id1448707412

Elevate Education Reminder

At this point in the year, some students – and parents – might be starting to feel a little overwhelmed by the exam season ahead. To help, Elevate Education’s next webinar will focus on trying to relieve some of that pressure by offering targeted exam-preparation advice for parents.

During the session, Elevate Education will walk attendees through some simple ways to help their child prepare in the run-up to an exam - right up to the night before.

Live Parent Webinar: How You Can Support Your Child During Exams Tuesday 25th March 6:00-7:00pm (GMT) - Click here to Register

Year 9 Review by Elin

As a team we really enjoyed our time at Condover not just participating in the activities (high ropes, abseiling etc) but also playing competitive netball. We were really surprised with the level of competition and skill that we faced and our team did a great job adapting to new strategies and game play we hadn't faced before. We had some excellent feeds and interceptions which we will only continue to improve. It was also an amazing opportunity to further our teamwork and develop our understanding of netball, in a fun and competitive manner. All of WGHS' s teams played amazingly and was a great opportunity for all of us. It was such an enjoyable way to prepare for our upcoming tournament. And am so grateful we were able to partake in this Condover experience.

Review by Avaani, Year 12 We kicked things off with a super competitive game against St Margaret’s, going head-to-head with their academy squad in an intense match full of intercepts.

Next up was Priestley, and as soon as the whistle blew, it was non-stop action in a super fast-paced game. Day two brought a whole new strategy—switching up our attack and defence—which turned out to be our best move yet! We had another tough but exciting match against Canterbury before finishing on a high with a big win against St Margaret’s!

Off the court, we made the most of everything Condover had to offer—abseiling, archery, tunnelling, the disco, glow-in-the-dark netball, and of course, the high ropes . When we weren’t playing, we were out supporting our junior teams and making sure to cheer louder than any other teams! It was the perfect way for us sixth formers to wrap up our last time at Condover—amazing netball, loads of fun, and memories to remember forever!