What's the point of School uniform?

Why is how we wear our uniform so important? A shirt, tie and blazer may not be the top of the wishlist for many children when it comes to a favourite outfit, but wearing a uniform is a badge of pride, creates an identity for a school and is an important part of being a school student.

Some top tips for students:

In the Junior School

• Socks for girls and boys should be black or grey - ankle or knee length only please! Tights are permitted, but just black or grey please.

• Boys and girls can wear grey shorts if they prefer rather than a skirt or trousers. All shorts must be bought at knee-length and never be shorter than 5 cm above the knee. Cargo, board or casual styles and loose pockets are absolutely not permitted.

• Red School coats only please. No hoodies permitted and hats and scarves (for cold weather) must not be football memorabilia.

In the Senior School

• No rolled up blazer sleeves please and School blazers must be worn at all times.

• Girls and boys can wear trousers. Mid-grey in colour please and jeggings, leggings or skin tight trousers are not permitted.

• Shirts must always be tucked into skirts/trousers and top buttons fastened.

• Years 7 to 8 girls wear a grey kilt skirt and Years 9 to 11 wear grey pencil skirt. Both skirts are purchased from the School uniform shop. Parents please check that your daughter’s skirts are mid knee-length and never shorter than 5 cm above the knee!

In the Sixth Form

• Smart business suits please!

• Plain white shirts and no branding.

• Jumpers should be v-necked, plain and dark in colour (no patterns) without branding or motifs. No baggy jumpers or cardigans please and a jumper does not replace a suit jacket.

• Shoes should be black, grey or brown. Must be leather or ‘leather look’. No trainer or canvas styles, must be formal style. Mid to low heels only.

And don’t forget your sports kit!

Official School sports kit is compulsory for all students from Year 3 to Upper Sixth and all sports clothing is supplied by Premier Sports. All students from Year 3 to Upper Sixth are expected to represent the Sports Department by looking smart at all times. Please do support us as we encourage all our students to wear their uniform and sports kit with pride to represent the School.

Dance Diaries

One of the highlights of the school week for many children at School are the dance lessons and clubs that normally take place. Miss Manning created a step-by-step dance diary masterclass with weekly updates so that the whole community could learn the same routine during lockdown.

What’s growing in your garden?

Mrs Bennett was inundated with pictures over the summer from students, parents and staff who had taken the opportunity during lockdown to discover their own garden – or plant something for the first time.

Well done to everyone who took part in some of the Growing Gardeners’ Club challenges including:

• Growing potatoes in a bucket

• Taking cuttings from house plants

• Planting pumpkins for Halloween

• Sowing sunflower seeds

If you’ve still got the gardening bug, it’s not too late to sow seeds now. You still have time to grow:

• Winter salads

• Rocket

• Spring onions

• Leeks

• Carrots

• Radishes

• Winter cabbages

Well done to Amrik Bratch, Becca Thomas, Ella Morgan, Emelia Wyant, Francesca Yeoman, Gurjot Kular, Jamie Reyer-Corbett, Leah Boskany, Lily Hemmings, Mya Chahal and Natalie Saunders who filmed their dance diary.

You can watch their dance diary here: https://firefly.wgs-sch.net/find-a-club -or-activity

You can see a selection of just some of the photos sent in here...

So you think you can Coast2Coast?

All students and families were set the challenge to help us complete a virtual Coast2Coast this year.

Whether just for fun or to improve fitness, training plans were posted online on the Student and Parent Portals to help you run a mile – and further if you wanted to.

Families were then asked to let us know how far they had run and the challenge was set to try to collectively meet the 183 miles needed to complete the famous Wainwright Coast2Coast challenge.

As an added incentive, students with the top three distances were awarded a “C2C Lockdown 2020 Challenge” running top. The parent who ran the top distance also received a running top.

Year 3 and 4 (who are all in one bubble) have the opportunity to go back to Growing Gardeners’ Club this term as one of the extra-curricular activities. We’ll keep you posted on what they get up to!

Congratulations to the following students (and parent) who won the first challenge:

Junior School: Charlie Hamill

Senior School: Oliver Andreae

Parent: Mr Brookes

An incredible total of 1,066.15 miles were completed. Well done everyone!