Redwood School

Redwood School

GM Rowing Championships

A team of staff took 42 youngsters to the Greater Manchester Indoor Rowing championships in Wigan and what a fantastically successful day it was, in the individual races we achieved 5 Gold, 8 Silver and 7 Bronze medals and also 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze in the team relay events.

I am sure you will agree that this is a wonderful achievement by those youngsters taking part representing Redwood and Rochdale in such a great way. Well done to everybody who took part and thanks to the staff for the organization of this event.

School Autism Awareness Week : 14 – 18 March

Next week you will receive details of how the school is supporting Autism Awareness Week which is taking place between 14 – 18 March. A programme of events which will raise awareness and celebrate autism has been devised. It will involve the opportunity to come into school and take part in activities – watch this space for more details.

Spotlight on Safeguarding

This week the team are focusing on anti bullying and informing pupils what to do if they feel they are victims of bullying.

Year 7 Redwoodian Award

Well done to those Y7 students who are working well towards their ‘Redwoodian Award Scheme’ by achieving the following criteria:

Achieving 20 House Points, Raising £5 for Charity, Promoting Faith and British Values, 4 hours of community service, 95+% attendance and taking part in 3 House events.

Thank you to parents and carers for your support with this award.

Extended Schools Provision

A reminder that after school clubs, youth clubs and a Saturday morning youth club are available for students. For more details please contact school. Names are now being taken for the Easter holiday club programme which will take place between Monday 4 – Friday 8 April.

KS3

Rowing Championship
20 of our young people went off to represent Rochdale at the Regional Championship. They went for the whole day to Wigan, it was a fantastic day for pupils who did amazingly well. Well done everyone.

Welcome to our New Teacher and Pupils
KS3 have welcomed a new teacher and students to the key stage they will be working with Mr Ayodeji and Sue. The new group is called Indigo. We welcome all the new students to the key stage and hope you have a happy and successful time here at Redwood School.

Yellow Class Trip
Yellow class had a wonderful time at the Sea Life Center at Trafford. The group had an amazing experience.

Easter Fundraising
Julie Walsh is fundraising for KS3 with a Easter hamper. If you would like to send any donations in for the raffle they will be greatly received. We will also be holding a guess the number of sweets competition. More details to follow.

KS4

At MANTRA students have been fixing up the racing car that they will be racing in summer. They have been working on the body and the engine, to make sure that it is in good shape and can go the fastest possible.

SEB have been very creative over the last few weeks and have made lots of lovely things, they made robot cards for Valentine's Day and have made some beautiful photo frames for Mother’s Day.

KS5

6th Form held their annual Valentines Disco just before half term. It was a fabulous opportunity for everyone to get together and boogie the afternoon away. The students and staff from REEC joined us and it was lovely to see all the students mingling, catching up with old friends and making a few new ones too. We had Valentines cupcakes and the social area was decorated with hearts of differing sizes. Everyone had a lovely time.

Students from across the key stages came over to 6th form Social area for our first House Team assembly. The great news was that OAK gained the most points and were awarded the trophy. Jacob, Komel and Nasima all got certificates. Well done everybody.

Student of the Week

Kevin for stretching out and being more vocal.
Most Improved
Emanuel – For enjoying his first disco in 6th Form and laughing along to Bob Marley in music.

Proposed building extension – date to note

I will be writing to parents to invite you a meeting with myself, the local authority and the Project Manager for the proposed building programme update – this will take place on Tuesday 22nd March, 9.30am in school. Will you please make a note of this date.