Redwood School

Redwood School

Rowing Championships

A large number of students took part in the rowing championships in Wigan. Firstly well done to those students who were selected to represent Rochdale and the school – what an honour and a particular well done to Ethan, Dale, Michael, Beren, Leah, Abdullah, Corey, Warren, Luke, Matthew, Dwayne, Lewis, Ryan, Ben, Luke and Sabrina.

Valentine`s Family Disco – RedAid

Thank you to parents, carers and friends of Redwood who supported the Valentine`s Disco. It was a lovely family time and all enjoyed the occasion with Danielle the DJ.

Red Nose Day – 13 March

We are aiming to combine cross department activities for Red Nose Day and Winter Olympics activities on Friday 13 March. Details will be circulated after half term.

Redwood Short Breaks

A reminder that the youth clubs take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6pm – 8pm, and Saturday morning 10am – 12. Students are welcome to attend and should parents require more details please contact school. The half term holiday club programme takes place 16 – 19 February and all places have now been allocated.

Post Ofsted Action Plan update

To keep parents and carers updated, there has been a considerable amount of work done this half term towards the action points raised within the recent inspection report. These actions have been reported to two governors sub committees, Pupil & Curriculum and Finance and Resources, which have met this month. Both committees include parent governor representatives.

The Local Authority School Improvement Officer is supporting our work towards the action plan also and monitoring the progress towards our objectives. We await our first monitoring visit by HMI and I expect this to take place after half term. If you require a more in depth overview or further details of the action plan please do not hesitate to contact me via email. I would be only too happy to give you an update.

School Closure for half term

A reminder that school will re-open on Monday 23 February at 8.45am. Thanks you for your support as ever during this half term.

KS3

Key Stage 3 held a History Day following up from our World War One Centenary Art Project which the whole department was involved in earlier in the school year.

Students accessed a wide variety of different activities throughout the day. Some students went out on the minibus to the Imperial War Museum, Allen’s Armoury and Mr Simms’s old-fashioned sweet shop. Some students who stayed in school had the opportunity to attend interactive workshops provided by Touchstones looking at life in Rochdale during the war and the experiences of a Rochdale soldier going to Gallipoli.

Some students stayed in classrooms and explored the history artefact boxes which had themes of ‘Wash Day’, ‘Homes’ and ‘Toys’. Additional activities throughout the day included role-play and treats in a mock sweet shop, cooking authentic World War One recipes and dressing up in a soldier’s uniform and wearing medals.

The day went very smoothly, workshop facilitators commentated on the positive reactions of Redwood students and staff and said they had never been looked after so well. Well done and thank you to everyone involved.

KS4

As part of the creative afternoon James was making animations independently, and Zain was working with just verbal prompts.

4J helped prepare (and eat) Chinese food as part of their ‘Being Healthy’ module. Students used chopsticks and enjoyed the food.

The bridging year visited Oldham College and Rathbone Training centre and have also completed their food hygiene certificate Level 1.

KS5

10 first year 6th form students visited the Social lounge in Heywood as part of their World of work module.

Students in the leisure group have been learning about skin care, using toner and moisturizers. Anees said he preferred the fabric face mask whilst Jobie preferred the peel off one. Student not only receive treatments, but give them as well.

In Art this term the students are learning about Japanese Artists and decorative fish. Within the subject the students will be learning how to create fish clay tiles and a fish inspired clay pot.