NEWSFLASH

Fortnightly Newsletter of Woodhouse Grove School

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School of Rock!

Last week's production of School of Rock left us absolutely blown away by the incredible performances. The audience was clearly impressed as well, giving a huge standing ovation after Friday's show. We want to extend a massive well done to everyone involved in the production, from those who took centre stage to those who worked just

Leap Competition Finalists

Our enterprise group have reached the final stages of the LEAP competition! Here they are looking very serious as they present their business plan to a panel of judges. They shared their journey, including the highs and lows of running their dog treat business and gave a full account of their achievements and what they have learned throughout this process. Their business mentor, Mrs Watmough is extremely proud, and we can't wait until the annual awards ceremony taking place at the end of April, to see if they have picked up any business awards .

Year 8 Glaciers

Year 8 worked on creating glacial erosion landforms out of playdoh last week. These were the winning entries from 8W!

with poetry, whether by reading, writing, or reciting it. As part of the day's celebrations, we are fortunate to have our current Poet Laureate, Mischa Dentico (Year 11) share with us a poem that she had written especially for the occasion. Read Mischa’s poem HERE.

Start of the Tennis Season

The U18 senior tennis teams had their very first fixture of the season last week, playing 2 cup fixtures against Ilkley Grammar School. The girls team emerged victorious following some outstanding performances both in the singles and doubles matches. The boys team put up an excellent fight against some tough opposition but narrowly lost out. We wish the girls the best of luck in the next round.

Football Season

As the 2023 season is drawing to a close, it’s important to recognise what a fantastic football season we’ve had. A first senior tour, more girls fixtures and hosting our first 6-a-side competition to mention just a few. A big thank you to everyone who has supported the players over the course of the season, including parents and coaches, as well as Mr Wood and the grounds team who have prepared excellent pitches. We are looking forward to our junior tour to Spain this Easter to top off a brilliant term of football at WGS.

Rosslyn Park 6’s Tournament

Last week the U14s, U16s and 1st VII 7’s teams went to Rosslyn Park for the annual 7’s tournament. It was a great experience for all three teams, with this being the last time the Upper Sixth players will represent the school at Rugby. Well done to all three teams, especially the U16 squad who finished in the top 14 schools in the country is a wonderful achievement and we are so proud of their efforts.

Fencing Success

Congratulations to Kira Grahamslaw, Year 11, who has finished 16th in the Merseyside Open Fencing Competition at the weekend. This event was open to any age and Kira was awarded ‘Best Under 18 fencer in Women

Netball News

On Wednesday 3 senior teams went to the Queen Margaret's Netball Tournament. The 3rd VII team had a brilliant day finishing 3rd in their group in the 2nd Team Tournament. The 2nd VII won the Second Team Tournament by 1 goal in their final nail-biting match! Winning all their previous matches, the 1st VII faced Sedbergh in the final and a 14-2 win saw them win the First Team Tournament! Well done to all the teams involved, what fantastic results.

Recent House Results

Football Girls (Yr7-9) - 1st Towlson, 2nd Atkinson, 3rd Vinter

Football Boys (Yr 7) - 1st Atkinson, 2nd Findlay, 3rd Vinter

Table Tennis, Inter - 1st Towlson, 2nd Atkinson, 3rd Vinter

Grove Awards

Our final Grove Award presentation for the term took place this week. Congratulations to Joseph Besau and Elizabeth Craig, both in Year 7, Alex Dawson, Year 8, and Megan Atkins, Year 9, for completing their challenges. These included: litter-picking, Scouts, having a text conversation in German, taking part in the Y7 & Y8 Spotlight Show and completing a sponsored night-time walk in aid of an Alzheimer's charity.

Food Bank Donations

Another pile of crates with food, toiletries, socks and gifts is off to Bradford North Foodbank. A huge thank you for all of your help and donations. If you have items you wish to donate please do bring them to the Rev’s office after the Easter holiday.

Theatre Star

Well done to Moses Amedzro, Year 8, who is just finishing a run of performances, including on tour, with Opera North's The Cunning Little Vixen playing the part of the “Fly”. What an incredible experience!

Getting Down to Business

Our Year 10 business studies students have been busy creating business plans this week. They had to decide upon a target market, what they were going to sell, their aims and objectives, their start up and running costs, how to raise finances, consider their competition and work out their staffing and resource requirements! The business department have thoroughly enjoyed watching the business plan presentations. Well done Year 10!

Textiles and Design Technology

AMPS Maths Fest

Two Year 10 teams accompanied by Mr Wright and Dudley Clarkson, our Sixth Form maths prefect, attended the AMPS maths feast at Bradford Grammar this week. Maths Feast is a fun educational challenge for Year 10 students which solving and teamwork skills.

There are several rounds requiring different skills and strategies for success, including a maths comprehension task and a relay. Each event takes between two and three hours, and awards will be given for good teamwork and for the winning team of each round. One of our teams was commended for scoring highly in all rounds.

Easter Concert & McCarthy Theatre

The Easter Charity Concert was a great success covering music from a 17th Century Madrigal to the Arctic Monkeys, bringing to a close a busy term in performing arts. Earlier in the evening was the official renaming of the Grove theatre to ‘The McCarthy Theatre’ in honour of the former Director of Music and Second Master, David McCarthy. It was wonderful to have David McCarthy in attendance for the renaming and Easter concert.

UK Chemistry Olympiad

Well done to the 4 Sixth Form students who were awarded certificates following the Chemistry Olympiad. Dudley Clarkson, Kaidong Huang and Samuel Siu were all awarded Silver Certificates. A special well done to Olivia Ranson, who was awarded a Gold Certificate, which puts her in the top 9% of the 12,000 candidates who took the exam, what an achievement!

Online Safety

Snapchat - New Parental Controls

(Shared from Alan Mackenzie e-safety advisor)

Snapchat have updated Family Center again, this time adding controls that block 'sensitive' and 'suggestive' content from viewing by under 18's. To enable this feature, parents can toggle on the 'Restrict Sensitive Content' filter within Snapchat's Family Center and once enabled under 18's should not be able to see the blocked content, although this is only on Stories and Spotlight (short videos). It has no effect on content shared in Chat, Snaps and Search, so it is pretty limited.

More information for parents about this new feature can be found HERE and an explanation in regards to what Snapchat considers sensitive content can be found HERE.