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Year 11 Prom 2010 On Friday 9th July on a beautiful sunny evening the annual Year 11 Prom took place at Camberley Heath Golf Club. Students arrived by limousine, open top cars, campervans and even an army jeep to enjoy their final social event at the school. The venue, new for the school this year, proved to be a success with both students and staff enjoying the terrace looking out over the golf course. A big thank you to the PTA for once again organising this event. Photographs by the official photographer can be viewed on the PTA website.

Year 7 Rewards & Recognition The Year 7 Rewards and Recognition visit took place on Thursday 10th June. 118 students were selected to go bowling for free because of their outstanding attitude and behaviour grades in their Autumn and Spring reports. It was a great evening and a lovely opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to those students who come in every day and work hard regardless of their ability. Also, thanks to staff for giving up their evening so the visit could go ahead. Well done to all the students involved. Mr. Scrivener

Year 7 Fund Raise for the End Polio Campaign

In March the School Council Representatives for Year 7 presented The Rotary Club with a £100 donation in assembly. This was to help with the club’s current project which is to eradicate worldwide Polio. The students decided to donate some of the money they have been raising after the club presented an assembly to them about the cause. Well done Year 7. Mr Scrivener

11/02/2010 : Rotary Thanks for Life & End Polio Campaign  Woking Rotary Club visited the school this week to raise awareness about Polio. They came into Year 10 and 7 Assemblies and gave a presentation, unfortunately they were unable to visit the other 3 year group. Please see below for more information on the Thanks for Life Week –End Polio Now campaign.

Please click here for Thanks for Life Week –End Polio Now letter

Awards Evening 2009 Former students of The Winston Churchill School were re-united last week to receive their GCSE certificates and special subject awards. For the first time in several years the event took place in the school hall and both the students and their parents agreed that they had enjoyed returning to school for this special occasion. The guest speaker was PC Craig Matthews, ex-student of the school and former Youth Affairs Liaison Officer for Winston Churchill. Other guests included Humfrey Malins MP and the Mayor Councillor Tina Liddington. Award The Owen Davis Award Owen was a student at this school until his untimely death in 1994 just as he began Year 10. His family keep his memory alive by awarding twice yearly trophies to deserving students for achievements and efforts. Academic Excellence This award is presented to the student who has the highest GCSE grades in their year group Academic Achievement This goes to the student who has consistently worked hard throughout their school life Sport College The Sports College Trophy is awarded to any Year 11 student who has made a significant contribution to the Specialist School Status outside of curriculum time. Special Achievement This award goes to a student nominated by the Learning Support Department in recognition of achieving commendable GCSE results through hard work, determination and achievement. Year Leader Award This is awarded to the student who has served the school outstandingly well throughout their time at the school. Service to the School This award is presented to the Head Boy and Head Girl for their commitment throughout their school year. Subject Excellence Awards Each subject that is taught at Key Stage 4 has given an award to the student who has achieved excellence during the period of study and final examination. Art & Dance Boys PE BTEC Business Studies BTEC PE BTEC Performing Arts Business Studies Catering Drama & German Economics, Geography & Science double award English Language English Literature Food Studies French Girls PE & RE Graphic Products Health & Social Care History & Latin ICT ICT DIDA Increased Flexibility Programme Leisure & Tourism & spanish Maths & Separate Science Media Music Resistant Materials Textiles Student Lucy Densham Brown Emma Spencer Richard Jenkins Sam Exworth Matthew Pellett Laurence Tidy Devon Elliott & Andy Thorne Carly Baker Thomas Outteridge Jenessa Allen Charlotte Cuss Tiffany Monk Yiting Han Alex Edwards Sarah Gregory David Carter Arun Mukkavilli Lucy Densham-Brown Suzanne Richardson Poppy Barker Sarah Abrams Jack Reynolds Grace Sharpling Lawrence Tidy Hannah Jarvis Danny Philpot Jake White Lauren Wallond Marshall Kavya Munsif Daniel Wardle Matthew Juggins Georgina Atkinson Chelsea Norman

Winston Students Support Woking Hospice Mrs Field, Mr Hine and Mr Reed (Year Leader Year 8) Year 8 and 10 students have chosed Woking Hospice to be their charity for this school year and are planning fund raising events including a Muffty Day to try and raise as much money as possible for this valuable facility. Mr Hine from Woking Hospice visited the school and talked to the students during assembly to explain what the Hospice does and also highlighted the fact that they are dependant on donations to keep the Hospice running and Mrs Field (Yr 8 Tutor) presented Mr Hine with a cheque on behalf of the school. As you are probably aware the Hospice currently has a major funding problem and is desperate for donations. If you would like to make a contribution to the Hospice please click on the link below to access their website. Please click here to make a donation to Woking Hospice or to find out more about the valuable work they do

Oxford University Visit for Year 10 Students On Tuesday 24th February a small group of year 10 students were given the opportunity to visit University College, Oxford and find out more about university life. The group were welcomed to the College by the Access Officer who shared with them information not only about Oxford University but also what being part of a university means and how they could find out about courses available, finance and what qualifications are needed. Students leant that if they want to be considered for Oxford they need to work really hard as 5 A*s at GCSE and 3 As at A level are the basic requirement! After the talk the students were taken on a tour of University College which ended in the historic refectory where they had lunch amongst the current students. In the afternoon they walked through Oxford to the Natural History Museum where they where able to handle some of the exhibits, including an elephant’s tooth, and had time to look around the different areas of the Museum. All the students enjoyed their day and found the information useful for the future.

Woking Rotary Club Help the School Purchase a Defibrillator

The school has very strong ties with The Rotary Club for Woking District; Winston Churchill School is the host for their annual Summer Festival and Classic Car Show every August. We are really pleased that The Rotary Club agreed to help us pay for a defibrillator A defibrillator is one of those paradoxical things – it is a very important and expensive piece of equipment, but it is one that you pray that you will never need to use! A large secondary school such as the Winston Churchill School, sees many ‘visits’ throughout the year – with over 1500 students, this means around 300,000 people through the door over the course of the academic year, and this is without counting teachers and actual visitors to the school. The Sports Centre, which is open to the whole community on our site, adds well in advance of another 100,000 visitors each year onto the school site. By having a defibrillator on site, with properly trained staff, it will mean that it may be possible to save the life of any person who is unfortunate enough to have a tragic accident or illness while visiting our school. This new development will ensure our continued drive to creating a safe environment for all young people and adults who use our facilities. We are very grateful for the Rotary Club of Woking District for their support in this initiative.

Open Evening for Prospective Parents On the evening of Thursday 9th October the school held an open evening for prospective parents. This was a great opportunity to find out more about the school, meet the teachers, look at work by current students and for some 'hands on' fun taking part in competitions and experiments. Talks were given by Mr David Smith, Head Teacher, during the evening and the Admissions team were on hand to answer questions on all aspects of the primary/secondary transition. Students from the school provided guided tours, allowing parents to ask them their views on life at Winston Churchill. All departments of the school were involved and a wide range of student work was on display including GCSE art work, delicious healthy snacks in the Food Technology Department, camping for the Duke of Edinburgh Award, drama performances, live music and lots of bangs and flashes in the Science Department! Feedback from parents has been excellent and below are some of the comments received: "Firstly I would like to thank you for the superb open evening last night. Your staff and students were just great – what a vibrant environment, can I come back to school?" "I write specifically in praise our guide last night; her name Katie Stemp (I think that’s right) from year 9. She was patient, friendly, had a great smile and told us lots about the where, what, when who and who........ a superb advert for your school and all those associated with it! " And on the tour guides "They were very helpful, informative, polite, funny and myself and my daughters wre so pleased we had them to show us around. The rapor they had with their teachers was fantastic, and is one of the factors I really liked about your school"

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