Redwood School

Redwood School

Parental Survey

There are many ways in which the school seeks the views of parents throughout the year. This can be in the form of Education, Health and Care Plan reviews, Annual Reviews, Home School Planners, Parents Evening consultation meetings and in individual meetings with parents/carers. In addition to this process, school also carries out an annual survey of parents and carers views to support our school improvement planning and provision for our youngsters. This survey will take place between 28th January to 5th February and your views are crucial to us to continue our improvements.

Curriculum model – Preparing for Adulthood

Over the next few weeks I will be circulating details of our curriculum model, from Year 7 to Post 16 which is entitled ‘Preparing For Adulthood’. It will give details of the various stages of progression your son/daughter will work through as we continue to plan for the next stage in their school career. It will also give a breakdown of the various opportunities they have within the following areas: school life (academic), working life (vocational) and preparing life skills (experiential) within each of the key stages:

Years 7 to 9: ‘Learning to Learn’
Years 10 & 11: ‘Learning to Live’
Post 16: ‘Preparing for Adult Life’

School Games Gold Award

We are delighted to be notified that this week school has received the School Games Gold Award in recognition of the health and well - being programme and variety of sporting opportunities students are able to access in PE lessons and in extended schools clubs. Well done to the staff team who have led on this development and on the award which is well deserved.

Social networking

Parents/carers will have received a letter today with information regarding some of the issues which school is having to deal with as a result of the use of social media and networking sites out of school.

Extended School Provision

After school clubs and youth clubs started again this week and this is an opportunity for youngsters to socialize and take part in a variety of activities supervised by staff. For more details contact Nicola Wright, Parent Partnership Co-ordinator at school.

February half term club programme
Parents/carers can find more information and details of how to book a place on the half term holiday club programme by accessing the school website.

KS5

The interns have started back at the internship on their new placements with lots of enthusiasm.

Kyle started his new placement as the groundsman/gardener at Rochdale Infirmary, working independently for two days per week and being in charge of his own portacabin where the tools are stored. He is doing a superb job and the gardener has already commented how hard he works.

The students enjoyed lots of different activities based on number and counting. The activities were number games, interactive quizzes and board games.

Before Christmas Aysha, Sahil, Lucy and Kayleigh passed their Independent Travel Programme. Well done to you, all, we are very proud of you.

Student of the week

Jamie - For making decisions and choices independently without prompts. He is finding his voice and being more assertive.

Most improved student

James - For becoming more confident and happy, making good relationships with peers, working hard, following routines and generally being very happy within 6th Form.

KS4

In Performing Arts Robert was being a peer leader and helping others in his class to improve their work. He was very good at taking charge and the class responded very will to his teaching style.

The ALG students made a vegetable curry in food technology they worked really well together and earned a house point each.

Miss Greenhalgh took 4J to Touchstones in Rochdale. The students had a great time looking at the sculptures, weaving and using the experiential resources.

SSC students have been working on time and sequencing events.

KS3

Mr Jacksons class have been looking at different religious songs and learning the words and signs to accompany them. This week they have been learning kumbaya my lord and have been practicing performing it.

In Mrs Patterson's English class students have been learning a new way of doing the register. Students went up to the board and spelt the next person’s name.

Year 8/9 Green have been using a new construction kit to learn how to follow instruction sheets. Each student built the same simple car following a simple set of instructions. Then they built a more complicated space ship. They then could get creative and design their own model. Well done future designers.

In Science this Year 8/9 blue and purple classes have been practicing working scientifically. The topic this term is to investigate energy changes. They have taken part in an experiment building a car and measuring the energy changes between gravitational potential energy into kinetic. The experiment involved moving the car higher and measuring the distance the car rolled. They then had to explain how they conducted a fair test.