Volume 12 Issue 16 Friday 16 June 2017

Dates For Your Diary

Tuesday 20 June

Wednesday 21 June to Friday 23 June

Tuesday 27 June

Friday 7 July

Friday 7 July

Monday 10 July to Friday 14 July

Thursday 13 July

Year 8 Parents’ Contact Evening 1800hrs at Wolgarston

Educational Visit to Olympic Park, Year 9

Year 8 Parents’ Contact Evening 1830hrs at Brewood Middle School

Educational Visit to Wimbledon for PE students

Educational Visit to Keele University Spec Workshop for Y12 Chemists

Educational Visit to Munich, Year 10 History Students

Year 8 Induction Day at Wolgarston

CONTACT DETAILS:

Wolgarston High School, Cannock Road, Penkridge, STAFFORD ST19 5RX 01785 788 400 (Main Reception) 01785 788 414 (Family and Student Services) 01785 788 404 (Attendance Line)

FAX: 01785 788 418 EMAIL: office@wolgarston.staffs.sch.uk

Paris Football Tournament

On Friday 2 June, nine Year 10 Footballers travelled to Ablon, Paris to participate in an international tournament. The tourna-ment was organised in conjunction with the Penkridge and Ablon twinning associations. Ablon and Villeneuve (the next town to Ablon) invited all of the towns they are twinned with to participate in the tournament. So there were 2 English, 2 Ger-man, 1 Russian, 1 Italian, 1 Portuguese and 9 French teams participating in the Tournament. The tournament took place on the Saturday, our lads performed well in the first group stage and were the only non-French side to qualify through to the latter stages of the competition. In the quarter finals we beat CO Les Ulis 1-0 thanks to a goal from Alex Hallchurch. In the semi final we faced the strongest side in the competition, we lost 2-1 thanks to a last minute goal. Our lads were very deflated but they did turn out to be the eventual competition winners and we were the only side who managed to score against them. We won our 3rd place playoff game 3-0 thanks to goals from Cam Jackson and Alex Wingfield. That evening all of the nationalities went to watch the Champi-ons League final. On Sunday morning we travelled to a local market and were then presented to the local community. As part of this presentation one player from each country partici-pated in a keep up challenge. Alex Hallchurch was victorious, beating off stiff competition from the other English player. On the Sunday afternoon we travelled to the local sports stadi-um and all of the nationalities mixed up and played an 11 a side

friendly tournament. This was a unique opportunity for all of the players, with all of our students mixing well with the other nationalities. On our final day we just had chance for a quick trip up the Eiffel Tower before we caught the Eurostar home. It was a fantastic visit and as always our students were a real credit to the school. Barbara Wal-ters (Chair of the Penkridge Twinning Association) made the following comments: “What fantastic ambassadors the teachers and students were for your School throughout the visit, they were an absolute credit. Their attitude, manners and behaviour were impeccable – shaking hands with the other players and officials after the match (apparently a lot of the other teams just walked off which was noted). They were very smartly turned out and put on such a good show for the School, you should be very proud of them. Even my French colleagues commented!”

Educational Visits

In May we had Celebration Day at Wolgarston for Year 13 students, their parents and valued others. Governors, staff, parents and grandparents joined together to celebrate the achievements of our Year 13 students as they prepare to leave the Wolgarston fold for pastures new. Head of Sixth Form, Mr Sim-monds, took the role of MC in an enjoyable ceremony held to pre-sent subject awards and special awards for students. The proceed-ings started with Molly Stanfield playing I Giorno by Ludvico Einaudi on Piano and Dan Beales, Head Boy, brought the proceed-ings to a close with a solo perfor-mance of Classical Gas by Mason Williams on acoustic guitar. Fol-lowing the ceremony, as the party moved to the school lawns, stu-dents were presented with a group photograph as a souvenir and a sumptuous buffet was enjoyed by all. This is the 8th year we have held this very enjoyable Wol-garston afternoon and this is now the traditional close to a student’s life at Wolgarston High School. We wish all our Year 13 students the very best for their futures be-yond Wolgarston and look forward to celebrating with them on Thurs-day 17 August when they collect their final results.

Should you wish to view a ‘taster’

of the afternoon a video of the event is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4FwKWQtts

Subject Winner

Art Sydney Butler

Biology Emil Galanides

BTEC Sport Triple Jack Lester

Chemistry Alex Corbett

Computer Science Andrew Ellis

English Literature Charlotte Yeomans

Extended Project Harry Foster

Further Mathematics Ned Fulford

Geography Lauren Raby

History Sophie Coss

Mathematics Callum Lees

Music Reece Downton

PE Harry Foster

Photography Lucy Woodhouse

Physics Callum Lees

Product Design Kan Ho Ling

Psychology Charlotte Yeomans

Russian Sofia Coulson

Sociology Jessica Hickman

Spanish Arthur Thorp

Head Boy Dan Beales

Head Girl Niamh Callaghan

Special Award George Brown

Special Award Aidan Stone

Special Award Harriet Vine

Awards 2017

The Sixth Form were addressed in a recent assembly by Tim Fuller from Staffordshire University who gave an introductory talk to univer-sity application and the ways to get the best out of the Higher Edu-cation convention that students attended last Friday. He explained that there would be 120 different universities at the convention and the need to consider what it was that each students wanted from their university experience- posing questions such as which course, what type of assessment and who would be teaching the course? He implored students not to narrow their choice straight away but to go with an open mind and ask the questions that they wanted an-swering whilst also attending a range of seminars on the huge num-ber (50,000) of potential university courses available. For students who were not sure what they wanted to do Tim sug-gested the ‘Spartan test’ (see here) which is a free test for students to start researching higher education and potential careers. We look forward to seeing Tim again and thank him for his thought provoking presentation. Mr Simmonds, Head of Sixth Form

Next Steps As part of the ongoing University and ‘Next Steps’ careers programme run by the Sixth Form, Year 12 students attended the Higher Education Convention held at Staffordshire University this week. The Convention hosted nearly 200 universities, colleges and other institutions, and students were able to ask Admissions Staff and University Advisers their questions directly. In addition to this, students were able to attend seminars on law, media, midwifery, data science, stu-dent finance, psychology and many, many more subjects. Numerous prospectuses were brought back from the event to enable students to make more informed choices about their own next steps. All in all, an enjoyable, informative day! Mr Simmonds, Head of Sixth Form

Best Results Ever for Our Year 10 Biology Challenge Students.

In March, some of our Year 10 students took part in the annual Biology Challenge organised by the Royal Society of Biology. The fantastic performances they all achieved resulted in our highest average score and our most gold awards ever. Well done to all of the students who took part and did so well. Mr Leonard

This is an important opportunity to support your son/daughter to make informed decisions about future pathways.

Over 30 careers stalls

Careers Advisors Advice on work experience

Apprenticeships

All Year 10 and Year 9 students will have access to the careers event. Year 10 in the morning from 0900hrs - 1200hrs and

Year 9 in the afternoon from 1300hrs - 1530hrs.

Further information will be sent to you mid to late June which will confirm the schedule.

We are looking for more career providers and if you are able to assist through your work place please contact Mrs S Cooper in

the first instance on 01785 788400.

The next issue of the SNU due………………………………....………………………………….…....… 30 June 2017

Famous Dyslexic

Scott Quinnell Born 20 August 1972 in

Glamorgan Former Welsh International

Rugby League & Rugby Union Player

He scored 11 tries for Wales and captained his country

on 7 occasions in Rugby Union

Dyslexic

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Wolgarston High School now has Twitter and Facebook!

Our Twitter account is @WolgarstonHigh

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Inspirational Quotes

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will

not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by

being shared.”

Buddha

Wolgarston PE Department are on….

Please follow the PE Department on Twitter for up to date news about the PE clubs, fixtures, results, visits,

BTEC & GCSE PE and lots more! @wolgarstonPE

Careers Advice For all your questions about careers and

work experience please visit www.wolgarston.staffs.sch.uk

student information, careers, links to local and national websites or student information -

work experience.

For access to the work experience database students will need to collect a work experience pack from

Student Reception and use the enclosed user name and password.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - SEE STUDENT INFORMATION,

CAREERS, UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE.

Click on the blue CareerMap link (below) or visit their website (www.careermap.co.uk) for advice, industry

news and the latest apprenticeship jobs…..

Click to see the Alcohol Edu-cation Trust website; there is some interesting information and advice for parents.

You can also click to see their May Newsletter.

Click on the box link below to see a brand new magazine packed with advice on

Apprenticeships and careers.