Redwood attends NW Athletics event

Redwood attends NW Athletics event - Ellis B, Lucy S and Brandon S attended the event last Saturday, they performed brilliantly and achieved some excellent results. At one stage it looked as though Ellis was going to be the ‘nearly man’ with 3 fourth places on the trot. However, he did manage to get into the medals coming a very creditable 2nd in the 200M. Lucy came 4th in the 200m, she was second in long jump and 100M and she won the 400M!

Brandon was his excellent athletic self, he came 4th in 200M, got silver in 400M and long jump. He did however save the best till last, literally the last race of the day! The 1500M -3 ¾ laps -he set off at a good pace opening up a 30M lead over the first 2 laps, his main threat started to slowly catch up and in the third lap had achieved a 15M lead, Brandon gnawed back at the lead and overtook his opponent with 300M to go. Down the finishing straight it looked as though he was going to be caught, suddenly he found some reserves and sprinted to a fantastic victory! Great thanks go to Carol from the 6th form for all her help on the day!

Sports Leaders Coaching - Well done to the following students who have recently taken part in three workshops to develop their roles as potential sports leaders coaches: James, Aaron, Dwayne, Lucy, Ellis in KS3, Kyle, Gary in KS4 and Aiden, Declan, Sarah and Dominic in KS5. It is hoped that they can support aspects of sports and leisure activities in school in the future.

6th form reviews - The reviews have commenced and, as ever, there has been some very positive feedback on the numerous and exciting developments within the 6th form. Thank you for parents / carers support.

Diary Date - Our 3rd Sports Personality and Review awards evening will take place on Thursday 11 July, 7.00pm in The Gracie Fields Theatre. More details will be sent out in the next month.

After School Clubs and Youth Clubs - Our clubs programme is in full flow, further details can be found on the school website.

Key Stage 3 News - Year 7 Red performed a “Dance” interpretation of the story of St George in Tuesday’s assembly. Pupils from the lilac room visited the Sandbrook Park Cinema to watch a special screening of Ice Age 4 for students with ASD. Everyone was excellent and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Letters of thanks will be being sent to the sponsors.

The Enrichment group went to Bridge Water Hall to see a percussion duo. They had an opportunity to join in with some instruments.

Year 7 Green went shopping for fruit as part of their “Healthy Food” topic. They then made a delicious fruit salad! It was gorgeous. They are also busy rehearsing their recycling song ready to show in next weeks assembly.

Ben and Sabrina have successfully completed the wheelchair facilitating test and can now help to take pupils to their classrooms.

Key Stage 4 News – Cook and eat - This term we are looking at traditional British dishes. So far we have made pasty’s, toad-in-the-hole, jam roly-poly and sticky toffee pudding. They have been a big hit with both staff and pupils!

The KS4 Easter Coffee Morning was a huge success. Lots of parents and carers attended and supported us by sending in prizes and donations. We managed to raise over £100.

Some of our students have started new courses at college this term. These include Sport and Employability training.

The Bridging Year has started their work experience placements which include Dale Car Sales in Castleton, the Town Hall Café, Amber Pet Stores at Cutgate Shopping Precinct and many more. Thanks to all who have supported these placements.

Students from SSC went to ‘My Step Up’. They set up a compost bin and fed the pigs. Making compost is an important part of recycling and the compost will be used later around the farm.

6th form news - it’s been a very busy week in 6th Form. Annual reviews have taken place and we received very positive feedback from parents. A big thank you to everyone who attended, we hope you found the meetings just as positive and beneficial as we did.

A group of students visited the cinema to watch Ice Age 4 — The Continental Drift as part of Autism awareness week. A big thank you to staff at the Odeon Cinema for offering the free tickets which enabled our young people with Autism to experience the cinema in an especially adapted environment. Everyone had a good time and thoroughly enjoyed the film.

Also a group of students and staff visited the Old Trafford Cricket ground to take part in a Cricket Event. Garry, Kenny, Liam and Aiden had a fabulous time. They played a game of table top cricket in a tournament against other Greater Manchester schools. The group did extremely well and played very competitively.

Staff said: “The students had lots of fun and seemed to really enjoy the atmosphere and buzz. It was a long day but thoroughly enjoyable. We hope to go back next year and play better.

Farjana, Liam, Dominic C, Laura and Kirsty visited Bury College as part of their transition. The group took part in a foot spa, walk around Bury Town centre, dance session and worked in the college shop.

The 6th Form Grand Ball Update. Tickets are selling fast. If you haven't already booked yours, please contact Saj to avoid disappointment.