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19th MAY 2010 From Clive Pemberton, Headteacher.
Like most schools, Wyedean has a School Council, consisting of students from each year group,
which meets regularly to discuss all aspects of school life. The Council is an increasingly important
group – it is the means by which all students in the school can ensure that their views are heard
by staff.
Black and White Day, Friday 21st May 2010.
A development this year has been the introduction of the Forest Schools’ Council. This comprises
student representatives from the six secondary schools in the Forest (Dene Magna, Heywood,
Lakers, Newent, Whitecross and Wyedean). The Forest Schools’ Council has taken as one of its
priorities road safety awareness and they are organising a Black and White Day in Forest Schools
this Friday (May 21st). This will be a non-uniform day for all students in the six schools; students
are encouraged to wear black and white instead of their normal school uniform. Students will not
have to pay anything; the day is about raising awareness rather than raising funds. I hope you
will encourage your sons and daughters to wear black and white on Friday.
From Harry Ives, Student Council Chairman.
The student voice is expanding, and as part of this we have managed to obtain a regular slot in the
schools weekly newsletter. Every week I shall be writing to inform you all of recent developments
and successes within the student voice.
The past month has been a busy one, we have managed to strengthen the link between the
Student Council and the various Year Councils by appointing a chairperson within each Year
Council. The Chairperson will act as a link between the two student voice tiers by attending
meetings of the Student Council to inform us of recent discussions within their respective Year
Councils so that we can provide feedback, which has proved to be very successful. We have
managed to secure our own section of the school website (currently under construction), within
which the minutes and agendas of every Year Council meeting and Student Council meeting
will be posted, together with membership lists and photographs of the students involved in each
respective body. Opinion polls are also planned, which will help us to gauge student opinion on
certain issues. We have also been discussing the prospect of introducing more school-branded
clothing, as well as the creation of a debating club, and have joined the Forest Student Councils
consortium.
We have pledged our support to the Rotary Club, and have a non-uniform day planned to raise
funds for their cause. The next Student Council meeting is scheduled for 27th May at 1:30 in
P1.
From Ms A Thomas, MFL Dept.
Thank you to all those Year 10 French students who have signed up for the Paris trip next year.
The second payment of £200 is now due. Please send it in to the Cash Office as soon as
possible. Many thanks. As a reminder, the final payment is due on July 1st.
From Mr Tett, 2i/c English.
Year 11 English Literature examination: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010
Year 11 students have their final English Literature examination on Tuesday, 25 May. This
examination doesn’t allow students to take their books in with them. However, it is very important
that students return their books to their English teacher as soon as possible after the examination,
preferably before study leave commences (Thursday 27 May). Failure to return the allocated
books will result in being billed for the cost of new ones. Please encourage students to return
their books after the examination. Thank you.19th MAY 2010 From PE Department: Year 10 County Cricket Cup Match.
The Year 10 cricket side made the long journey to Tewkesbury and came away with a 2 run win.
Wyedean won the toss and elected to bat and openers Hudson and Jones made an excellent
start putting on 73 for the first wicket. Jones was then run out for 15 trying to up the run rate,
this allowed the middle order to come in and play their shots. Jake and Aaron Parson both came
in and dispatched the ball to all parts of the ground both making a quick fire 18 each. Hudson
at the other end kept the board ticking and carried his bat for an excellent innings of 64 n.o.
Wyedean finished their innings on 120 off the allotted 20 overs. The Tewkesbury openers set
about the target well and put on 67 for the first wicket. A clever bowling change was made and
Jack Farrant claimed the first couple of wickets. This helped stifle the run rate and Hudson,
Parsons and Weaterton all bowled well picking up wickets on the way. The final over was bowled
by Weaterton with Tewkesbury only needing 9 runs. The first four balls went for three runs, then
the Tewkesbury batmen hit a four leaving only 2 runs needed off the last ball. Wyedean ran the
batsmen out to win by 2 runs. Well done boys and good luck in the next round.
Year 7 Cricket, Lydney 12th May
Year 7 played cricket at Lydney against Lakers, Heywood, Whitecross and Newent. Wyedean
won two and lost two. All players played fantastic! Well done to all of the following:
Elinor Lovering
Laura Searle
Emily Phelps (Captain)
Alys Van der Braak
Laura Chimes
Sophie Drinkwater
Chole Seldon
Megan Binns
Emily Hudson
Eleanor Corney
Katie Milne.
ABOVE: The Wyedean Year 7 Cricket Team.19th MAY 2010 FOWSA: School Uniform
We have a large amount of nearly new school uniform available for sale. Offers for school funds.
Please contact Pauline Harris on (01291) 626052 after 3.00pm. Any donations of good quality
unwanted uniform are also required.
See the FOWSA Website: www.wyedean.net
Wyedean School Homework Club – Mrs Mclauchlan.
Need help?
Need some support?
Need to use a computer?
All Year 7 and 8 can come and do homework in a quiet supported environment.
Use the computers if necessary and get your homework done :-)
Tuesday Evening 3.20 - 4.30pm in room F8
Thursday Lunchtime 1.20 - 2.15pm in room F8
From Ms S Doyle, Attendance Officer.
REMINDER
IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT DUE TO ILLNESS, MEDICAL APPOINTMENT OR FOR OTHER
REASONS PLEASE CALL THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER ON (01291) 629050.
THANK YOU
Arrived late to school in the morning or afternoon?
* remember to register
* if you cannot register then you MUST report to Reception and sign in.
DO NOT GO TO YOUR LESSON(S) UNTIL YOU HAVE SIGNED IN.
Please note that owing to changes in government policy we are no longer able to
authorise holidays during term-time, apart from in a very narrow range of circumstances.
These include family crises, such as bereavement, and a short period of discretionary
leave for families of soldiers returning from a period of active duty overseas.
From Mrs Mills, Community Coordinator
This is a special time for Adult Learners when there will be celebrations and opportunities galore,
all around the country, to mark Adult Learners Week. Wyedean is joining in the celebrations
with free taster sessions, see below. We’re also proud of our two outstanding adult learners, Jo
Robson and Val Burrowes King. These two will be receiving awards and plaudits at the Adult
Learners Week Ceremony at Shire Hall on Saturday 22nd May to honour the achievements of
remarkable learners from across the County.19th MAY 2010 Join us in the celebrations and come to a free taster session!
Celebrate Adult Learners Week
- FREE taster workshops in May
Venue: Wyedean School
Colour, Image & Style (Weds 19 May, 7-9)
Understanding & Coping with Stress (Weds 19 May, 7-9)
How to keep a Pig (Thurs 20 May, 6.30-8.30)
Discover your Family History (intro) (Thurs 20 May, 6.30-8.30)
Venue: Woolaston Memorial Hall, Netherend Crescent, Woolaston
Making Jewellery with Beads + Wire (Thurs 20 May, 10-12)
Drawing for All (Thurs 20 May, 1-3)
Ballroom & Latin American Dance (Fri 21 May, 7-9)
For further information contact the School Office on
01291 625340 (answerphone at busy times, please leave your details)
Wyedean School & Sixth Form Centre, Beachley Road, Sedbury,
Chepstow, Mon NP16 7AA
www.wyedean.gloucs.sch.uk
Funded by AdEd in Gloucestershire
Of course learning takes place all of the time, not just during a special week! We’ve got some
great classes starting after half term:
*Golf Beginners *Kick Boxing for Fitness
*Golf Intermediate *Tai Chi for Health
*Cakes, Pies + Breads *Basic First Aid
*Digital Image Editing Techniques *PowerPoint Presentations
and *Paediatric First Aid
Go to our website www.wyedean.gloucs.sch.uk and click on Adult Learning and browse through
the Summer Programme click on ‘courses available’. You can also pick up a brochure from
Reception or telephone 01291 625340 for further information.
Tesco Vouchers for Schools.
Thanks to all for your contributions so far of the Tesco vouchers. We have been busy counting
them and currently have about 17,000. That is an amazing amount which equates to 1,700
trolleys full of shopping: one and a half trolleys for every family in Wyedean. When you break the
figures down like this, you realise that the Wyedean community probably did a lot more shopping
at Tesco during the 10 weeks of the promotion. So, we’re hoping that you still have a stack of
vouchers lying around at home and in the bottom of bags and we’d like to respectfully ask if you
could donate them to us to help us achieve our target of 30,000.
With many thanks in anticipation of your generosity.
Watch this space to see what we end up ordering in late June.19th MAY 2010
“Drug Proof Your Kids” Wednesdays 7.30 - 9.30 pm, Starting 19th May
The Bridge Church, Bulwark Road, Chepstow.
Drug Proof your Kids is an education, prevention and intervention programme developed by
the national charity “Care for the Family” in association with “Hope UK”, specialists in drugs
education.
There are 6 Sessions running from 19th May to 30th June (no session on 2 June during half
term). Cost is £2 per session.
Contact Angela Horder: angelaffw@btinternet.com or telephone: 07843 788534 for more
information and to book your place.You can also read
