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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
WEATHERHEAD HIGH
     SCHOOL

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
September 2019 – August 2020

Resilience Respect Reach Reward
WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
HEADTEACHERS WELCOME
   Weatherhead High School plays a crucial role in developing
personal skills and qualities in every student to ensure they are
   fully equipped to deal with life and lead healthy independent
lives and become informed, active and responsible citizens. At
  Weatherhead we continue to be very proud of our extensive
   extra-curricular provision (pre COVID), our many leadership
opportunities and the wide-ranging links we have with the local
                         and wider community.
    We work hard to instil confidence and build resilience in a
   climate of respect and reward no matter what the climate or
situation. During the last academic year, up to March 2020, we
had a full provision of personal development and extracurricular
  activities until the global pandemic began, which curtailed all
activities during the summer term as the school was closed. We
     very much hope, once our school and society are able to
 operate in a more normal way, that we will be able to continue
                      to develop our programme.

                         Miss A Whelan

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
Awards
                 Arts Award (Bronze)
           (working towards) ArtsMark Gold
   Diana Award - Community & Anti-Bullying Badges
Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre (Bronze, Silver & Gold)
             Eco-Schools Bronze Award
       International School Award - Foundation
              Leadership Partner School
      National College for Teaching & Leadership
               NCS Champion School
                 Ofsted Outstanding
          Prince’s Trust Achieve Programme
          Quality in Careers Standard Award
              School Games 2019/2020
                 Sports Leaders UK
                    Sport England
                   Teaching School
                 World Class School

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
TRIPS & EVENTS AUTUMN TERM 2019
TRIPS
Where                              Why                                                Who
Liverpool Empire Theatre           Performing Arts - “Blood Brothers” performance      Y9,10,11
New Brighton Beach                 Photography - practical fieldwork                   Y12
The Lowry Theatre, Salford         Performing Arts - “Hedda Tesman” performance        Y12, 13
The Lowry Theatre, Salford         Performing Arts - “Rambert” Dance performance       Y10-13
The Story House Theatre, Chester   English - “Jekyll & Hyde” performance               Y11
Keswick                            Geography - field trip                              Y12, 13
University of Liverpool            Further Maths - the Foresight Centre                Y12, 13
The Floral Pavilion                Enrichment - Ravin’ Fit Workshop                    Y12, 13
The Everyman Theatre               Performing Arts - ‘Road’ performance                KS5
North Liverpool Academy            Maths - SMTC competition                            Y12, 13
University of Liverpool            HE+ Weekly Visit                                    Y12
Liverpool Tate Museum              Discover Creative Careers                           Y12
Unilever Port Sunlight             ‘Bright Future’ Competition                         Y8, 9
Edge Hill University               Aspire to Higher Education                          Y9
University of Chester              G&T students -‘Science Behind Fireworks’            Y7
                                   Christmas lecture
Liverpool Epstein Theatre          Cinderella Christmas Panto                          Y7-13
Mariners’ Park & Victoria House    Delivery of over 1,000 Christmas Gifts &            Y7-10
Care Homes                         performance of carols to care home residents

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
TRIPS & EVENTS AUTUMN TERM 2019
EVENTS
What                        Who
European Day of Languages   The MFL team organised a fantastic week of activities to celebrate the
                            European Day of Languages including form time quizzes, karaoke and
                            films during lunch times and the Great European Bake Off which
                            raised £80 for MacMillan cancer.
Macmillan Coffee Morning    SLT served up delicious baked treats to staff as part of the World’s
                            Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan, raising a fantastic £291.
Sports Awards Evening       Weatherhead students and staff were joined by GB Gymnast, Hannah
                            Whelan for the annual Sports Awards where students across the
                            school were recognised for their sporting achievements.
Weatherhead Unplugged       Inspired by MTV Unplugged, students from all year groups performed
                            an array of brilliant acoustic solo and group performances to friends
                            and family.
Pink Day                    SSLT led a fantastic week of fundraising activities in the name of
                            Breast Cancer awareness which included a Flash Mob, wearing pink,
                            cake sales, a raffle, a Pink Disco and Pink Show. Staff and students
                            raised an incredible £2,520!
Senior Awards Evening       Former student Rebecca Kelly returned to Weatherhead to speak to
                            students and families at Senior Awards about her career path since
                            leaving school. Many students received awards for attendance,
                            endeavour and achievement.

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
TRIPS & EVENTS AUTUMN 2019
EVENTS
What                Who
Year 7 Halloween     The 6th Form organising committee organised a Halloween themed disco for
Disco                Year 7 students. The costumes were impressive with prizes awarded for best
                     costume and dance offs!
Author Week          LRC Manager, Miss Grainger organised another exciting and engaging week,
                     with 5 authors visiting throughout the week meeting students, signing books
                     and leading lots of literary themed activities.
Careers Talk         Jackson Lees Solicitors visited Weatherhead to talk to Year 12 students about
                     careers in Law.
Tomorrow’s           Guest speaker Joanna Bateman spoke to students about her role as a Civil
Engineers Week       Engineer and career options in the Engineering industry.
G&T Workshop        In November, Year 5 students visited Weatherhead to take part in a G&T
                    Maths workshop led by Mrs Griffiths and Mr Funston.
Year 7 World of     Miss Smith, Careers Guidance Coordinator organised a fantastic experience
Work Event          for Year 7 students with lots of employers and career sectors on site to
                    speak to students about their future career aspirations and what the world of
                    work might look like for them.
Sports              England footballer Jodie Taylor visited Weatherhead and met our aspiring
Masterclass         footballers in an exciting and inspirational Q&A session.
PTF Christmas       Mrs Moretta and the PTF committee another fantastic Christmas Craft Fair
Craft Fair          to begin the festive season, hosting local vendors and exhibitors selling a
                    variety of bespoke and handmade items and gifts. This year a record
                    £1,000.32 was raised from ticket sales and raffles!
Weatherhead’s Got   Students from across the school showcased their musical and choreography
Talent              talents at a lunchtime performance.
Winter Warmer       Over 100 students took part in the Christmas concert put on by the
                    Performing Arts team with fantastically festive performances from our
                    singers, dancers and musicians.
Santa Dash          Over 100 students and staff raised £100 for Operation Christmas Child
                    taking part in our very own Santa Dash!
Reverse Advent      Students and staff collected items for the Wirral Foodbank’s reverse advent
Calendar            calendar donating over 80kg of items.

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
SPORTING FIXTURES AUTUMN TERM 2019
       Sport       Details                 H or A   Result
Foot   Football    U14 ESFA Round 1        Home      3 - 0 win
                   U14 EFSA Round 2        Home      3 - 1 win
                   U14 ESFA Round 3        Home      3 - 2 lost
                   U13 ESFA Round 1        Home      4 - 5 lost
                   Y7 v Oldershaw          Away      0 - 0 draw

                   Tranmere Tournament     Away      Weatherhead through to the final & lost 1-0
                   U15 ESFA Round 3        Away      2 - 3 lost in extra time
                   U16 ESFA Round 1        Away      2 - 3 win
                   U16 ESFA Round 2        Away      5 - 0 win
       Netball     Y8 v Oldershaw          Away      Weatherhead 9 - 9 Oldershaw
                   Y11 Tournament          Away      Weatherhead 3 - 3 Prenton
                                                     Weatherhead 6 - 2 West Kirby
                                                     Weatherhead 5 - 3 Woodchurch
                   Y9 Tournament           Away      Weatherhead 2 - 2 Woodchurch
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 6 West Kirby
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 3 Upton
                                                     Weatherhead 2 -1 Wirral Girls
                   Y8 Tournament           Away      Weatherhead 0 - 2 Wirral Girls
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 2 West Kirby
                                                     Weatherhead 1 - 4 Prenton
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 4 Upton
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 6 Woodchurch
                   Y7 Tournament           Away      Weatherhead 0 - 1 Wirral Girls
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 1 Prenton
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - Woodchurch
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 1 Upton
                                                     Weatherhead 0 - 8 West Kirby
                   Y10 GCSE Netball        Home      Weatherhead 1 - 5 Prenton
                   Y11 GCSE Netball        Home      Weatherhead 4 - 6 Prenton
                                                     Weatherhead 8 - 10 West Kirby
                   Y7 & 8 v Upton          Away      Weatherhead 7 - 8 Upton
                   Y9 v St Mary’s          Away      Weatherhead 15 - 10 St Mary’s
                   Y10 v St Mary’s         Away      Weatherhead 23 - 12 St Mary’s
                   GCSE City Tournament    Away      Weatherhead 4 - 12 Blue Coat
                                                     Weatherhead 3 - 10 St Mary’s Liverpool
                                                     Weatherhead 3 - 5 Rainford
                                                     Weatherhead 2 - 9 Merchant Taylors
                                                     Weatherhead 3 - 14 West Kirby
       Badminton   Y11 v Upton             Away      Weatherhead 14 - 10 Upton
                   KS4 Tournament          Away      Weatherhead through to county final
       Athletics   Calday Fields Cross     Away      6th Place - Y9 student
                   Country
                   Sports Hall Athletics   Away      Year 7 - 1st     Year 8 - 2nd
            Y7&8

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
TRIPS & EVENTS SPRING 2020
 TRIPS
 Where                               Why                                           Who
 Manchester University               Brilliant Club Scholars Club                  Y10
 Liverpool John Moore’s University   EPQ enrichment                                Y12
 B&M Waste Facility                  KS3 Eco Trip                                  KS3
 Awesome Walls, Liverpool            Year 12 Enrichment (weekly)                   Y12
 Liverpool Everyman                  Performing Arts “Woman in Black”              Y9-13
                                     performance
 Elleray Park School                 Volunteer Programme (weekly)                  Y12
 Liverpool College                   Oxbridge session                              Y11&12
 Floral Pavilion, New Brighton       Holocaust Memorial Event                      Y12&13
 Co-op Academy Bebington             Wirral Book Award Author Event                Y8&9
 Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight    Weatherhead Theatre Company performed         All years
                                     in ‘Hidden Voice’ for dementia awareness
 Liverpool University                Higher Education+ scholars’ session           Y12
 Charles Thompson Mission,           Enrichment & Community                        Y10
 Birkenhead
 Liverpool One & Toxteth             Geography - fieldwork                         Y12
 Liverpool Playhouse                 Performing Arts - “I Think We’re Alone Now”   Y12&13
                                     performance
 Thornton Science Park               G&T Science Event                             Y9
 Litherland                          Medicine Careers Afternoon                    Y10&11
 Birkenhead School                   UKMT Maths Challenge                          KS3
 Venice, Italy                       Art & Design trip - cancelled COVID-19        Y12&13
 NEC Birmingham                      Big Bang STEM Competition - cancelled         Y10
                                     COVID-19
 Maritime Museum, Liverpool          PSHCE enrichment - cancelled COVID -19        Y8
 Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight           Unilever Bright Future Event - cancelled
                                     COVID-19

Due to COVID-19, all trips that were planned for the Summer term were cancelled or
postponed.

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
TRIPS & EVENTS SPRING TERM 2020
EVENTS
What                        Who
Harry Potter Night          Another very successful and enjoyable Harry Potter themed evening hosted by
                            LRC Manager, Miss Grainger. Students enjoyed creepy crawlies, Harry Potter
                            themed food and many fun activities based around the ever-popular book series!
Sociology Careers Talk      Bill McWilliam CBE visited Weatherhead to talk to KS4 and KS5 students
                            interested in a future career within Sociology.
DofE Awards Ceremony
Apprenticeship Session      Dave Armson spoke to Year 13 students about Apprenticeship routes and
                            opportunities.
Safer Internet Day 2020     Mr Horman, Assistant Headteacher ran a week of assemblies and activities
                            focusing on e-safety and how to protect yourself online.
Anti-Bullying Week          ‘Change starts with us’ was the theme this year - students were inspired to create
                            anti-bulling pledges during form time and student Ambassadors held assemblies.
Careers Talk                Dr Lizzy Parrot (LJMU) spoke to students in Years 10-13 about careers in
                            forensics, criminology and science.
Women in STEM               University of Liverpool Guild Schools Project delivered a session for Y8 students
                            about women in STEM industries.
British Science Week        Students celebrating the week with assemblies, quizzes and competitions themed
                            around ‘Our Diverse Planet’
Well-Being Day              Year 9 students enjoyed a day of wellbeing activities & sessions including yoga,
                            mindfulness and healthy eating. Parents and carers were invited to join students’
                            afterschool to take part in the ‘Be the U in Yourself’ event.
Careers Week &              To celebrate IWD and National Careers Week, students enjoyed assemblies
International Women’s Day   hosted by successful industry women, including former students Alex Ruse
                            (midwife) and Georgia Flynn, Head of Media at Hi-Impact. Additionally, KS3
                            students had the pleasure of meeting DI Lynsay Armbuster from Merseyside
                            Police, alongside Chico & Lucy, two special trained police dogs!
World Book Day              Weatherhead’s English Department celebrated World Book Day on 5th March with
                            lots of exciting activities including ‘guess the teacher’ with staff hiding behind their
                            favourite books and another fiercely competitive round of fancy dress by the staff
                            who created fantastic costumes based on literacy characters.
Book Fair
Sports Relief Week          The SSLT and PE department worked hard to raise money for Sports Relief,
                            hosting Just Dance, Benchball and Obstacle course activities throughout the week
                            as well as selling Sports Relief bands to staff and students. Just under £100 was
                            raised in total.

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WEATHERHEAD HIGH SCHOOL - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT September 2019 - August 2020 Resilience Respect Reach Reward
SPORTING FIXTURES SPRING TERM 2020
Sport        Details                       H or A Result
Football     ESFA U16 Last 8               Away   Won 1 - 0
             ESFA U16 Quarter Finals       Away   Won 6 - 2
             ESFA U16 Semi Finals          Home   Won 2 - 0 (through to the English National
                                                  Cup
                                                  Finals- first time ever but postponed due to
                                                  Covid)
             ESFA U12                      Home   Won 16 - 0
             ESFA U12                      Home   Won 5 - 0

             ESFA U12                      Home   Won 4 - 3 (through to last 16 of English
                                                  National Cup but postponed due to Covid -
                                                  19)
             U14 Friendly                  Away   Won 2 - 0
Netball      Y7&8 v Ridgeway               Away   Won 10 - 6
             U14 team                      Away   Drew 14 - 14
             Y7 & Y8 v Ridgeway            Away   Y7 won 16 - 2, Y8 won 11 - 10
             GCSE v BHSA                   Away   Lost 11-23
             Y7&8 v St Mary’s              Home   Lost 7 - 10
Gymnastics   Walton le Dale Arts College   Away   Non-qualifiers
             Y7 & 8 Floor & Vault          Away   2 x Best Vault awards

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PERFORMING ARTS

Music Exam success
Year 11 Music student, Hannah achieved a Grade 6 Distinction in her Musical Theatre exam.

                                                  NATD Dance Success
                                                  All of our Year 10 GCSE Dance students
                                                  achieved their Grade 4 NATD Dance exams
                                                  with an impressive 13 Distinctions and 6
                                                  merits.

                                                  Dance Workshop
                                                  Year 11 Dance students worked with
                                                  professional dancer, choreographer and
                                                  aerialist, Nikki O'Hara in preparation for their
                                                  set phrase examination piece. Students
                                                  directly benefitted from Nikki’s expertise,
                                                  guidance and insight - having herself, created
                                                  the set phrase GCSE Dance syllabus.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CHARITY FUNDRAISING

At the start of the academic year, each year group selected a charity to support. In addition, staff
and Sixth formers coordinated a number of whole school fundraising activities including Pink
Week and participation in national events like NSPCC Christmas jumper day, Children in Need
and Sport Relief. Fundraising activities included cake sales, raffles, performances, wearing spots
and wearing pink! A total of over £7,400 was raised and donated to local and national causes.
 Charity/Event                                                                    Amount Raised
 Year 7 whole year fundraising - Bee Wirral                                             £250.00
 Guide Dogs for the Blind                                                                £74.50
 Little Princess Trust & Stick ‘n Step                                                  £149.88
 Year 8 whole year fundraising - Charlotte’s Brightside                                 £983.46
 Year 9 whole year fundraising - Macmillan Cancer                                          £240.40
 Year 10 whole year fundraising - Claire House                                             £300.93
 Year 11 whole year fundraising - North West Cancer Research                               £240.40
 Year 12/13 whole year fundraising - British Heart Foundation                              £300.00
 NSPCC Christmas Jumper Day                                                                £500.00
 Unicef cake sale                                                                          £200.00
 Food Tech ‘Bake Off’ cake sale for Macmillan Cancer (September 2019)                       £84.10
 Staff Macmillan coffee morning (October 2019)                                             £291.61
 Pink Day activities (November 2019)                                                     £2,520.52
 Children in Need wear spots & cake sales (November 2019)                                  £728.90
 Prince’s Trust Christmas candy canes sales (December 2019)                                 £80.00
 Claire House cardless Christmas staff donations (December 2019)                           £160.00
 Santa Dash for Operation Christmas Child (December 2019)                                  £103.00
 NSPCC Number Day (March 2020)                                                             £134.87
 Sport Relief (March 2020)                                                                 £100.00
                                                               Grand total               £7,442.57

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Summary of Special Events

  •   Future Choices and Careers Programme and guest speakers.
  •   UCAS support programme.
  •   Assemblies addressing wide range of topics and SMSC – guest speakers regularly
      participate in and deliver assemblies
  •   Awards Evenings for KS4.
  •   Sports Awards Evening
  •   Weatherhead Unplugged.
  •   Sports Leaders UK.
  •   Leadership through Sports Activities with Weatherhead students.
  •   Range of Leadership events and training for students and staff at Weatherhead and
      other local authority and out of authority schools.
  •   Support events for parents – student finance, settling into 6th Form, Work
      Experience.
  •   Work Experience Programme for Year 12 students.
  •   Gifted & Talented Programme.
  •   Gifted & Talented Transition Programme.
  •   University of Liverpool Scholar’s Scheme.
  •   Ice Radio.
  •   Weatherhead TV.
  •   Understanding the World of Work event for Year 7.
  •   Year 12 Work related Learning and Higher Education support.
  •   Year 12 Volunteers Fair and Volunteering Programme.
  •   Year 12 programme of support for HE applications – workshops, talks, 1-1 and group
      support with applications, personal statements and mock interviews
  •   PSHCE links
  •   Well-being workshops and events.
  •   Year 12 Orientation Day for students new to Weatherhead High School.
  •   KS3 students created their own Record of Achievements.

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Healthy Lifestyles in School
Healthy lifestyles are promoted across the school:
   • Sun Awareness Information via registration and assemblies
   • Smoking Information via HSIS
   • Kooth online access
   • Anti-bullying Week
   • Internet Safety Day
   • Coping with Exams Stress – Extended Form Activities
   • Yoga & relaxation sessions for Key Stage 4 students
   • Well-being Group Year 11
   • Pink Week – Breast Cancer Awareness and Examination
   • Immunisation Programme − HPV – 2 doses in Years 8 & 9
                                   − School Leavers Vaccinations – Year 9
                                   − Meningitis C – Year 9
   • Sexual Health in PR lessons
   • Healthy Eating in Food Technology lessons
   • Health Service in Schools:
                - HSIS
                - Sexual Health
                - Contraception
                - Teenage MOT’s
                - Alcohol & substance misuse advice
                - Emotional Well-being & Counselling
                - Relationship advice & guidance
                - Smoking cessation
   • LGBTQ+ student support group providing awareness to the whole school via
       assemblies.
   • Restorative Justice
   • Friendship Issues
   • Personal Hygiene
   • Women’s Health – Cervical Cancer / Breast Cancer Awareness
   • Road Safety – PSHCE/ PR Lessons
   • Walk to School Week
   • Cycle Storage
   • Healthy Vending Machines
   • Consultation on School Meals
   • Diabetes Support
   • Support for students with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
   • HeartMath
   • Mindfulness
   • Pastoral team fruit scheme - fruit in year offices.

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Extended Health Provision
A full range of external providers work with students and staff to ensure that the best level of
support is provided for all students. The Student Services Team work together to ensure that
provision is in place and the needs of the students are met. This includes:
    • Extended Health Provision
    • Healthy Lifestyles in Schools
    • School Nurse
    • Brook lunchtime sessions – 1 day per week
    • Extended Health Services in Schools – 1 day per week. This Service includes:
            − Youth Worker support
            − Smoking Cessation
            − School nurse
            − Brook
    • Weekly Counselling provided on site (Action for Children) – 1 day per week
    • Private counselling Karen Brooks
    • The Well-Being Co-ordinator works closely with the Child Adolescent Mental Health
         Service
    • CAMHS to ensure the needs of students are met
    • The Well-Being Coordinator managing non-complex Individual Health Care Plans
    • ‘Understanding Emotions’ – CAMHS course delivered by Mrs Jones (Well-being Co-
    • ordinator)
    • Exam Stress Management delivered by Mrs Jones (Well-being Co-ordinator) using
         Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
    • The Director of SEND manages students
    • Consultations with CAMHs via the advice line
    • Referrals to CAMHs16-19 Team
    • Referrals to Educational Psychologist via the Director of SEND
    • Referrals to Early Intervention Team
    • GP invited to Team Around the Child (TAC) meetings, when appropriate
    • Referrals to the following agencies:
                - Response – advice and guidance
                - Adolescent Crisis Team – support family
                - Wirral’s Hospital School – Joseph Paxton Campus
                - Adcote House Assessment Unit
                - Barnardo’s - bereavement, positive relationships, self-esteem sessions
                - Age Concern – bereavement sessions
                - GP’s and nurses to support students and families
                - CRUSE - bereavement support
                - The Open Door Centre
                - Women’s Enterprising Breakthrough (WEB) counselling
                - Young Carer’s
                - Training delivered to Students Services staff by CAMHs team

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Health Services in Schools Provision

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External Agencies

                     Learning
   External Agencies
                                                                                                                       Health
Educational                  Special Educational Needs Advisory                       Diabetes Team Brenda Light                                   Community Paediatrics
Psychologist – EP                                                                     Advice on condition - based at                               Gather information from other
                             & Assessment Team – SENAAT
                                                                                      Clatterbridge                                                consultants and advise/visit
Rachel Pandis                Andy Humphrey                                                                                                         schools
One to one assessments       Assessments for exam considerations
and reports
                                                                                                           Sensory support (LA)
                                                     Jayne Catton (LA)
                                                     Checks equipment                           Hearing                Vision                      Cystic Fibrosis
          Orrets Meadow (LA)                         issued by the LA to                        Hearing support        Provide advice and          Janet Dodds
          Gill Beaman                                students with physical                     attend school termly   support.                    Advice on condition- based at
          Specialist school for numeracy.            disabilities                               to monitor hearing                                 Arrowe Park Hospital
                                                                                                and test hearing
Autism and Social                                                                               aids.
Communication Team                             Minority                                                                 Occupational Therapist
Sue Jamieson Quinn                             Ethnic                                                                   Currently 1 visit per year to modify learning
                                               Achievement                                                              environment for students with physical disabilities.
Provides training & assessments for ASD
                                               Support for EAL
                                               students
 EHCP Officer (LA)

                                                             Emotional
                                                                                                                          Transport
 Dawn Taylor
                                                                                                                          Arrange transport for statemented
 Advice on Education, Health and Care Plans
                                                                                                                          students and students with
                                                                                                                          physical disabilities.
 Children In Care                                                Kilgarth outreach
 Education Team – CICET                                          Diane Blake
 (LA) Gaynor O’Donnell                                           Counselling for behaviour and anger                                                     G.P. Numerous
 Track attainment of looked after                                management and bereavement                            BROOK                             Referrals and advice
 students                                                                                                              Sexual health and
                                                                                                                       relationship advice

                                                                      Alternative
                                                                      Curriculum                           CAMHS
   ADHD                             Ed Psych (LA)                      Students identified in Yr9          Child & Adolescent
   Foundation                       Rachael Pandis                    by Year Leader &                     Mental Health Service                 JPC
                                    One to one assessments and        Learning Mentor
                                    reports

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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

Weatherhead High School is committed to raising aspirations, challenging stereotypes and
instilling worldbeating ambition within our students. CEIAG at Weatherhead incorporates
Work Related Learning and Enterprise activities, and aims to encourage students to make
the most of the opportunities available and steer students towards making informed choices
about their future.

In line with the government’s statutory Career Strategy (October 2018), Weatherhead High School
has adopted The Gatsby Benchmarks for Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance to
provide a world class careers programme that will help our young people choose the career that is
right for them. Weatherhead continues to work towards meeting these benchmarks and aims to
achieve 100% across all benchmarks by 2022 (this delay is due to the impact of Covid-19 on certain
aspects of delivery). The Gatsby Benchmarks are as follows:
        1.       Providing a stable careers programme
       2.     Learning from Career and Labour Market information
       3.     Addressing the needs of each student
       4.     Linking the curriculum learning to careers
       5.     Encounters with employers and employees
       6.     Experiences of work places
       7.     Encounters with further and higher education establishments
       8.     Personal Guidance

Year 13 Mock Interview Day
On September 4th 2019, Year 13 returned to Mock Interviews with over 22 different employers. As part of
the school careers strategy we have worked closely with employment partners to provide the opportunity
for students to practice their interview skills to better prepare them for the world of work.

Employer talks for Year 10 Business students
On October 14th 2019, Drew Cockton from Owen Drew Candles and Corinne Smith from International
Translations Ltd delivered business talks to meet Gatsby Benchmark 4 Careers in the Curriculum. They
discussed Exploring Enterprise as a topic.

Alder Hey specialist talk
On October 17th 2019, Dr Caine from Alder Hey delivered a talk with to a cohort of prospective medical
students.

Liverpool John Moores University visit
On October 24th 2019, students in Year 9-11 who are looked after attended a trip to John Moores
University, taking part in lectures and learning about university life.

Pathways to Law programme
Two Year 12 students took part in the University of Liverpool’s Pathways to Law programme. The project is
ongoing throughout the year and aims to provide students with bespoke support and mentoring in
preparation for a career and university study in Law.

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Enterprise Advisor Joanna Bateman talk on Civil Engineering
On November 7th 2019, in celebration of Tomorrow’s Engineers week, Joanna Bateman (Enterprise
Advisor) delivered a talk to 15 students from years 7-13 on her career in Civil Engineering and how to
successfully enter this sector.

Jackson Lees Solicitors talk
On November 11th 2019, lawyer Martin Hood spoke with a select group of students in year 12 about various
roles within the legal profession. He talked about his specialism in Clinical Negligence and the students
gained a real insight into specific areas of law.

Radiotherapy taster day
On November 13th 2019, a small cohort of high achieving Year 12 students attended a Radiotherapy taster
day at University of Liverpool.

Tate Liverpool visit – Creative Careers Week
On November 18th 2019, 26 Year 12 students interested in careers in the creative industries attended a visit
to The Tate Liverpool for Discover Creative Careers Week. They heard from industry professionals about
job availability in the sector, and also had the opportunity to get creative themselves through bag printing.

Year 9 Edge Hill Visit
On November 26th 2019, 25 Year 9 students were given the opportunity to experience the Aspire to Higher
Education day at Edge Hill University. Students experienced university lectures, a campus tour and
discussions with university students. Students were given an understanding of the requirements and how to
apply for university.

Year 7 Introduction to the World of Work
On December 2nd 2019, all year 7 students were off timetable for half a day for a bespoke careers
event designed to encourage our youngest students to consider their future career aspirations.
Students rotated around 20+ stations, with ‘Dressing for Interview’, ‘Career Aspiration Drawing’ and
‘Marshmallow Towers’ being amongst the most popular. Students were introduced to the skills
required to be successful in work and given an opportunity to work as part of a team and
demonstrate communication and leadership qualities.
Businesses who supported with the event included:
•      Wirral Young Chamber
•      Unilever
•      Liverpool John Moores University

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StreetLaw session by University of Law
On December 16th 2019, The University of Law delivered their StreetLaw session to Year 11
Sociology students on the topic of Crime.

The Brilliant Club Scholar’s Launch
On January 7th 2020, a small cohort of Year 10 students attended the University of Manchester
for The Brilliant Club Scholar’s Launch, followed on by 6 sessions delivered by a PhD student
on Haematological Diseases.

University Sport talk
On January 21st 2020, UA92 University delivered a talk on Sport to our Year 13 BTEC Sport
students on routes into the industry.

Edge Hill Student Finance talk
On January 28th 2020, Edge Hill delivered a student finance talk to Year 13 students.

Scholar’s Programme
February 2020, The University of Liverpool launched their Scholar’s Programme to a small
cohort of Year 12 students.

Start careers lessons for Year 9 students
In February 2020, Year 9 received a lesson from the Careers Manager on how to use the Start
careers web tool to conduct independent careers research.

Apprenticeship session
On February 6th 2020, All About Stem/ASK Service delivered a session on apprenticeships to a
cohort of Year 13 students.

Pathways to the Legal Profession trip
On February 12th 2020, a small cohort of Year 12 students visited The Marriott Hotel to learn
about the legal sector, where they received advice and guidance from a range of legal
professionals.

Women in STEM session
On February 26th 2020, University of Liverpool Guild of Students delivered a Women in STEM
session to a Year 8 science class, focusing on motor vehicle engineering.

National Careers Week and International Women’s Week 2020
W/C March 2nd 2020, female guest speakers from industry delivered all 5 assemblies across the
week. Enterprise Advisor Joanna Bateman (Civil Engineer), and Merseyside Police support the
Careers Manager in delivering careers lessons to Year 7+8 students, centred around their job
roles and the wider industry of policing and engineering.
Businesses/employers involved in delivery included:
    • Wirral Council
    • Hi Impact
    • Midwifery Services
    • Merseyside Police
    • WSP

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Once school closed in late March 2020, work on Careers did not stop:

In June 2020, one of our Year 13 students completed the Deloitte Aspire digital work experience. This is
her summary of it:
During the work experience, I worked with others in a group to use the information we learned about the
company to study real and theoretical businesses and identify how the company could help them. This
was very helpful because I was more confident talking to people I didn’t know and presenting in front of
the group. I am now also more aware about the industry should I decide to pursue a career there in the
future.

In July 2020, two of our students completed the Tata Consultancy virtual work experience programme.

In August 2020, one of our students completed the University of Law virtual work experience programme.

Students in Year 10-13 continually provided with careers information via Google Classroom, with Year 11
students receiving bespoke 1:1 personalised advice online, and Year 13 students receiving support with
preparing to write their Personal Statements.

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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) - Partner Agencies

          Airbus UK         Army Careers           Arqiva             BEGI

         Blankstone             CISI          Department for     Dynamic Search
         Sington Ltd                         Work and Pensions      Solutions

          Edge Hill         High Impact         John Moores          Keir
          University                             University       Construction

           LivAva          Liverpool Hope        LVW Parts       Magenta Living
                              University

        Marshall Moore         Mercer           Myerscough          NatWest
                                                  College

         NHS Student         Park Group         Radio Wirral        Ranstad
           Nurse

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SAE Institute    Setaria Group    Signature Living      SP Energy
                                                        Group Ltd

  The Hive       The Johnson      Think Cascade         Tranmere
                  Foundation                          Rovers Sports
                                                      Development
                                                         College

University of    Weatherhead          Wirral         Wirral University
 Liverpool      Teaching school   Borough Council       Teaching
                    Alliance                             Hospital

WSP Global

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Sports Leadership
Level One Sports Leadership (LSA1)
Our whole cohort of Year 11 started their journey with level 1 in Sports
Leadership. This involved students learning how to develop
leadership skills through planning activities, communicating
effectively, developing confidence and working together as a team.
This culminated in delivering several lessons to not only their peers
but younger year groups in Year 7 and 8. This year group in particular was outstanding with their
delivery and our students demonstrated high levels of leadership and subject knowledge, in addition to
evidencing this in their work booklets This qualification creates a good foundation for those students
leading in employment or further education. As a result, in January 2021 following an Internal
verification process with Sports Leaders UK; over 200 learners received their certificates

The Sports Council
Each year there is a restructuring and development of a Sports Leadership Team. The leadership team is
collated with an interview process for Sports Captain and Sports Council. and the pupils involved with The
Sports Council are role models to the department and assist in the promotion of sport to the whole school.
The Sports Council filters their promotion and organisation to Sports Ambassadors and Active Play
wardens. From September 2019 to March 2020 the Sports Council each took an active role in facilitating
the Active Play programme and mentored Year 8 leaders to facilitate this. They were a credit during
Netball Interform and ensured the whole process and event ran smoothly taking roles including umpiring,
scorekeepers, time managers and coaches.

PE leads the way for Sports Ambassadors
The Sports Ambassadors scheme continued to be successful with the Physical Education department, as
a high number of pupils committed to achieving bronze, silver and gold awards. The Sports Ambassadors
are tutored by members of the Physical Education Department.

Sports Council mentor BTEC Sport and A Level Students
Sports Council members and our PE Apprentice facilitated with Sixth Form students to assist with revision
and subject knowledge. They take on the role of delivering to specific groups and assisting with their
confidence, knowledge and organisation. This mentoring scheme is an excellent learning aid for upcoming
students who need further support within their subject area.

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Links with the Community
CSLA leaders and Post 16 PE students work extremely hard developing their leadership skills and
attributes. They go out into the community and support activities and festivals, tournaments and organising
leadership afternoon events. The post 16 students also represented Weatherhead by supporting the Wirral
School Games Events by attending a “Ravin fit” workshop at the Floral Pavilion with DJ Lee Butler.

School Games Status
Weatherhead's commitment to and development of competition, school sport and Physical Education
has been recognised with the awarding of the Bronze School Games Award, a Government led
awards scheme. Weatherhead experienced an External verification and collation of evidence in
September 2019 which was passed with flying colours and awarded the Bronze Award for 2019/2020.
Whilst we progressed with our extracurricular commitments and attending numerous fixtures and
competitions we then faced a lock down in March 2020 - however Weatherhead were recognised with
their commitment to remote learning and supporting the Wirral School Games in all of their remote
projects.

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The Duke of Edinburgh Award

The Duke of Edinburgh Award
Miss Faulkner continued in her role as D of E Manager having taken over from Mr Owen the year
before. The summer of 2019 was the end of the third full year of Weatherhead High School running its
own Duke Of Edinburgh Direct Licence programme, with rapidly increasing participation numbers. The
bronze team took on a different leader with Miss Burke with 90 students, Mrs Grimwood led the 52
silvers and Dr Temple stepped up into the Golds with the largest cohort yet of 34 keen Year 12’s. We
said a great big thank you and farewell to Miss Basford for her dedication to leading the Gold students
and looked forward to her helping support future expeditions as a volunteer. Whilst training was well
underway and the first Bronze A cohort had their Parents Information Evening in February regarding
their first residential we then found ourselves in lockdown in March 2020. The Duke of Edinburgh
scheme very much took a pause from being able to move forward however students could still complete
their three sections of volunteering, physical and skill under Covid-restrictions at home by changing
their activity. Should they complete their three sections they would still gain recognition with a “D of E
Certificate of Achievement 2020” which they have until July 2021 to complete. We are delighted that a
significant number of students have completed this and we encourage the remaining students to try and
have this completed by the end of the year, with fingers crossed, expeditions to follow.

          Bronze –       Bronze –          Silver –       Silver –           Gold – Total   Gold –
 Year     Total          Disadvantaged     Total          Disadvantaged      number of      Disadvantaged
          number of      Students          number of      students           participants   students
          participants   (included in      participants   (included in                      (included in
                         total)                           total)                            total)

 2018/
 2019          85               17              54               6                16               3

  2019/        90               25              52               9                34               4
 2020

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Record of Achievement

We introduced a Record of Achievement for KS3 students to record all of their achievements both in and
out of school. It is a great way for them to log, acknowledge and cherish all of their certificates and
rewards.

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Community Cohesion
             SCHOOL                                      LOCAL                             NATIONAL                            GLOBAL
          1-2-1 Midwives                             1-2-1 Midwives
         After school clubs
      Age UK charity events                      Age UK charity events
         Anti-bullying week                        Anti-bullying week                  Anti-bullying week
               Airbus                                    Airbus                              Airbus
 Arrow Park Hospital – Pharmacy         Arrow Park Hospital – Pharmacy Careers
            Careers
      Ask Apprenticeships                         Ask Apprenticeships                 Ask Apprenticeships
Artefacts from other cultures used in   Artefacts from other cultures used in Art &    Artefacts from other    Artefacts from other cultures used in Art &
         Art & textiles topics                        textiles topics                 cultures used in Art &                 textiles topics
                                                                                          textiles topics
   Artists in Residence Primary         Artists in Residence Primary Workshops         Artists in Residence    Artists in Residence Primary Workshops
             Workshops                                                                 Primary Workshops
    Attendance and punctuality
           monitoring
        Attendance Officer                         Attendance Officer
           Author week
 Bonaventura College Exchange –                                                                                 Bonaventura College Exchange – The
              The                                                                                                          Netherlands
          Netherlands
 Break and lunch arrangements for       Break and lunch arrangements for Year
           Year groups                                 groups
          Career Connect                             Career Connect                     Career Connect
  Celebrate religious festivals and          Celebrate religious festivals and
   celebrations through themed           celebrations through theme assemblies
            assemblies
Charity events in each Year group          Charity events in each Year group          Charity events in each      Charity events in each Year group
                                                                                           Year group
       Children in Need Day                       Children in Need Day                Children in Need Day
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SCHOOL                                     LOCAL                           NATIONAL              GLOBAL
         Click Arts Awards                         Click Arts Awards
     Community Arts Projects                   Community Arts Projects
   Community Police Support as          Community Police support as required
           required
        Competitions                                 Competitions                       Competitions         Competitions
Continuing Professional                  Continuing Professional Development       Continuing Professional
Development (CPD)                                       (CPD)                       Development (CPD)

        Creative Showcase                         Creative Showcase
    Curriculum projects covering         Curriculum projects covering diversity,
       diversity, equality, etc                      equality, etc
             Day trips                                 Day trips                          Day trips           Day trips

Department for Work and Pensions          Department for Work and Pensions

    Duke of Edinburgh Awards                  Duke of Edinburgh Awards

        Edge Hill University                      Edge Hill University

     Educational Psychologist

Free school meals children identified
  and parents supported to make
            applications
     Gifted & Talented Primary          Gifted & Talented Primary Programme
            Programme
         Gold Arts Award                            Gold Arts Award                   Gold Arts Award

Governing body reflective of school       Governing body reflective of school
            population                                population
Grant Thornton Work Experience –        Grant Thornton Work Experience – Year
             Year 12                                     12
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SCHOOL                                  LOCAL                            NATIONAL                             GLOBAL
Hot school meals and healthy food        Hot school meals and healthy food           Hot school meals        Hot school meals available and healthy
  options, themed cuisine days             options, themed cuisine days         available and healthy food           food options, themed
                                                                                     options, themed                     cuisine days
                                                                                       cuisine days
      Humanities Curriculum
      Interform sports events                 Interform sports events
    International School Award              International School Award            International School            International School Award
                                                                                         Award
  Interschool sports competitions         Interschool sports competitions       Interschool sports              Interschool sports competitions
                                                                                competitions
          Italy Exchange                          Italy Exchange                     Italy Exchange                     Italy Exchange
  Intervention groups for students
 KMW Training - Year 10 Business
            students
       Lesson Observations                     Lesson Observations
  Level 2 Sports Leaders Award             Level 2 Sports Leaders Award
     Links with local churches               Links with local churches
Links with local employers and HEIs     Links with local employers and HEIS         Links with local
                                                                                  employers and HEIS
     Liverpool Hope University               Liverpool Hope University
        Liverpool Museums                       Liverpool Museums
          Magenta Living                          Magenta Living
      Mariners Park Projects                  Mariners Park Projects
     Merseyside Police Cadet          Merseyside Police Cadet Recruitment and
        Recruitment and                                Work
        Work Experience                             Experience
 National Citizenship Award (NCS)        National Citizenship Award (NCS)          National Citizenship
                                                                                      Award (NCS)
         New parent tours                        New parent tours
   New parent induction evening            New parent induction evening

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SCHOOL                                       LOCAL                          NATIONAL            GLOBAL
Owen Drew Luxury Candles – Year
     10 Business students
       Oxford University                             Oxford University                 Oxford University
PSHCE / PR Curriculum - Belonging,         PSHCE / PR Curriculum - Belonging,
  relationships, bullying, families,     relationships, bullying, families, respect,
respect, similarities and differences,   similarities and differences, feelings, law
          feelings, law etc.                                  etc.
    Parents Teachers Friends of                             PTF
        Weatherhead (PTF)
           PTF Craft Fair                             PTF Craft Fair
     Parent, student and staff
          questionnaires
  Pastoral and Academic Support          Pastoral and Academic Support Workers
             Workers
             Pink Day                                    Pink Day                          Pink Day
            Poppy Sales                                Poppy Sales                       Poppy Sales
             Re-cycling                                 Re-cycling
           Red Nose Day                               Red Nose Day                      Red Nose Day       Red Nose Day
         Revision sessions                          Revision sessions
           School Nurse
          Student Council
          Special Olympics                           Special Olympics
  Speech and language therapists
           Student voice
 Student meetings to discuss views
           on learning
           Sports Days                                 Sports Days
       Subject Ambassadors
          Student Services                           Student Services

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