Redwood School

Redwood School

The second part of the autumn term is an extremely busy and productive one as we build up to the Christmas period. This year is no different with the following a sample of the events which will be coming up in the next few weeks 6th Form Moving On Exhibition, KS4 Work Experience commences, Anti Bullying Week – “Stop and Think : Words Can Hurt“, Sports activities – Cross Country, Football, Rebound Therapy, Olympics Whole School event planning, KS4 Annual Reviews commence, KS3 Curriculum Themed Days. Look out for further details of these and other events.

Building Alterations - The next time you come to school you will notice an additional room has been constructed near the main reception area. This room will be the ‘Community Room’ and will be used to accommodate the many reviews and meetings which take place with members of external agencies and will also be used for Parents Partnership meetings.

Holiday Club - Many thanks for the support of parents and carers and the staff for providing a fabulous variety of activities during the half term break. A total of 101 young people were able to access the programme. As ever we were over subscribed for the number of places available and this is something we will be reviewing for the next break in February 2012.

Student Council - The members of the council met recently to discuss the types of activities we will organizing during ` Anti Bullying Week ` which will take place during 14 – 18 November. The theme this year will be : “ Stop and Think – Words Can Hurt “. As ever the pupil voice at Redwood is powerful with decisions being passed by the council members.

Skiing Opportunities - Should you wish your child to take advantage of some sessions at the Chill Factore supported by Disability Snowsport UK please contact Mr Smith or Mr Butterworth asap. The first session started this week.

Clubs - Please visit our website for all the latest information including club changes at www.redwoodclubs.com . We would also be grateful if you could take the time to leave feedback on the comments page provided.

Key Stage 4 news - Now for the run up to.... yes Christmas! We’ve kept ourselves very busy, including our new Independent travellers. Well done to the following pupils who are now able to travel independently to and from School: Sam E, Tonya, Joe T, Matthew C, Fatima, Martyn and Hannah. SEB have been getting physical on the trampoline, and all the pupils seemed to love every minute, even the staff got stuck in and had fun.

At MANTRA, the motor mechanics group has been looking at the engine of a very large lorry. They then decided after all their hard work they deserved a rest. So they climbed into the cab and had a well deserved sit down. 4R have been using their ‘green fingers’. They have made a start on planting some bulbs and getting started on their garden project. Shortly they will have new equipment and resources to use from the vouchers collected by everybody from Morrison’s, so thank you again if you contributed. 4A have been out and about on the bus, they took a trip to Morrison’s, and then they took a ride around Bury to admire the lovely countryside.
Rotary Shoe boxes—this year we will again be collecting for the shoe box appeal. To enable the class staff to fill the box please send any of the following items: Matchbox type cars, small bouncy balls, yo yos, dolls, colouring books, crayons, felt tips, pencils, notebooks, jigsaws, lego, make up, toiletries, hats, gloves, scarves, washing powder, hand soap, shampoo, tooth brush, tooth paste, writing paper, envelopes, pens. £1 per box donation is requested, this is to help with the transport costs. Thank you for your support.

6th form news -Congratulations to Sarah C on completing her independent travel programme, Well done Sarah, safe travelling. Ryan, Louis, Brett and Declan have been working really hard planning a visit to Hollingworth Lake as part of their Travel and Tourism Vocational Education session. The group researched what's on at the Lake, checked bus timetables, arranged finances and booked the theatre for the visit, which will take place next week. We will let you know next week how this visit went. Thank you to Jodie and the transition team for arranging the Moving On exhibition. We hope you found it beneficial and left with knowledge about all the different types of opportunities and services out there for your son/daughter once they leave 6th Form.
Danielle, Dayle, Thomas F and Andrew supported by Steve, Sal and Michael in Music, have had a set of 6 steel pan drums delivered and have been having lots of fun trying them out. The group have been learning “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga and have already started practicing some carols for Christmas. Sal said “the group are amazing, we have some really talented young people here, everyone is really enthusiastic and always well behaved” Watch this space folks- 6th Form could have a band in the making.