Redwood School

Redwood School

North West Athletics Championships

Congratulations to those students who represented the school in the championships at Sports City! What a fantastic performance from our squad – 23 medals won including 7 golds, 10 silvers and 6 bronze !! Some of the squad may get the opportunity to take part in the national finals in Coventry later in the summer ! Well done to Lucy S, Lewis I and Ellis B in Key Stage 3, Mica, Tommy H, Brandon S and Jason in Key Stage 4 and Aiden and Matthew C in Post 16. Great ambassadors for the school – we are so proud of your achievements! 

After School Clubs

A reminder that all young people are entitled to attend the After School Clubs or evening Youth Clubs – should you require any further information please contact Nicola Wright, Parent Partnership Co-ordinator in school.

Olympics Countdown `Inspiring a Generation'

Well done to those youngsters who have received bronze, silver and gold certificates in our assemblies as rewards for their work and contribution to the school !!
We would like to say Hello and welcome to Claire. Claire is the latest edition to the Admin team you will find her in reception each day.

Key stage 4 news

The BTEC PE group have been extremely lucky to work alongside the 10 time British games champion for Inline skating. Jenna has been working alongside the students to inspire and promote healthy living. She was kind enough to bring along some inline skates for the pupils and staff to skate alongside her and hey loved it.

SEB have been getting messy and have decorated some plant pots so they can plant some lovely flowers for their room. Billie has been getting creative in textiles and has started to make a pretty bag for the prom. They went to touchstones last week and had a look at an artists’ work. The textiles group have decided on their own item to make and have come up with these ideas, they chose to make pencil cases, key covers or mobile phone covers.

SSC had a really busy week. They took a trip to Morrison’s to make a Spanish omelette for cook and eat. They also looked at counting and basic words in Spanish for Spanish day. The pupils did some exercise in the hydrotherapy pool and on the trampoline. The class took a trip to Oswaldtwistle Mill to have a look round in the shops and got some great ideas for Art lessons. The group went to Mandale Park again and worked even harder, this time the weather wasn’t great and they all got wet.

Key Stage 3 News

Lewis, Ellis and Lucy competed in many different races, as well as the long jump, high jump and shot putt at the Regional Athletics at Sports City last weekend. They came home with lots of medals—Well done!

Year 7 Green

In Art planted seeds for herbs to grow, this will be used to create a landscape picture at the end of the topic.

Year 8/9 Red /Yellow

Dressed up as a lollipop person and went onto the ‘street’ to practice as part of their road safety topic.

Year 7/8/9 Blue

Worked hard in swimming, they worked on distance and stamina, each pupil broke their personal best and swam a further distance. Welcome to Lee and Frankie who have joined us while Heather and Clare take maternity leave.

6th Form news

The Tag Rugby team travelled to Salford to take part in a Rugby festival. The lads took part in different Rugby games and activities, training with Oldham Rugby and Folly Lane Rugby League clubs.

The team also did some Wheelchair Rugby and had a fantastic day at the festival.

Anne’s Vocational Educational Manufacturing group, have been catching up on accreditation and developing skills of Willow Weaving. The group have so far made fish, butterflies and are looking at making Willow Fencing.

Some students in years 1, 2 and 3 took part in Mock Interview Morning with representatives from local companies, the interviews were to prepare the students for their actual Work Placement Interview.

All students came dressed to impress and had the opportunity to chat to representatives and tell them about the things there are proud to have achieved here in 6th Form and experience a real interview situation.

A big thank you to Marie, Jodie and Kathryn from Connexions for leading the day. The morning was an invaluable experience for all our students but more importantly had an opportunity to experience and prepare themselves for their real interviews which take place in May.

A big thank you to all our visitors who also had a wonderful morning and commented on how well the morning was run and how enthusiastic the students were.

We look forward to seeing our visitors again next year.