Redwood School

Redwood School

Halloween Disco

The family Halloween Disco is taking place on Tuesday 20 October, 5.30pm to 7.30pm, in the school hall with prizes for fancy dress costumes, refreshments and a disco. It will be a wonderful family event for all.

Post 16 Residential

Students from the Internship Programme have taken part in a three day residential this week as part of the team building programme. They all had a great time and thanks to the staff for organizing this wonderful opportunity.

Years 7, 8 & 9 Parents Pastoral meetings

It was very pleasing to see so many parents and carers at the pastoral parents meeting with form tutors on Tuesday to discuss how students had settled into their new classes and timetable. It was a very positive evening with so many parents commenting how quickly their son / daughter had settled into school. Particularly pleasing was the comments from Year 7 parents regarding the transition of their son / daughter. Thank you for your support.

October half term holiday clubs

The October half term holiday club will run from Monday 26 – Thursday 29 October.

KS3

If classes have 100% attendance they can choose to look after one of the Mascot’s for a week Gaulift, Wenlock or Mandeville.

Year 8/9 purple had the chance to be members of a Rock Band in ICT this week. Shazan was the winner at the contest scoring a massive 14,000 points.

Five students in 7A this week reached 5 stickers for good deeds and got to choose a prize. Well done to Lee, Ayo, Yussef and Homa keep up the good work.

This week our new recruits for wheel chair helpers have undergone wheel chair training and now have badges to show that they have mastered the different chairs. Their role is to assist and help the movement of students in wheelchairs at the start of school, during break and lunchtimes and helping them to the buses at night. Well done for being excellent Redwood citizens.

KS4

Mrs James’ creative group are working on a production. Robert has written the script and is staring in the film. It’s called Bat Boy vs JJ. The students are enjoying filming and can't wait to see the final production. They have found different places to film. They have used a green screen as a back ground to Gothem city. It’s going to be an exciting action packed film.

Students in 4C have been investigating human rights. They made two towns, using lego, one that had human rights and places such as an NHS hospital, police station etc and one without human rights. Students then compared the two. The lesson was a great success.
SEB have been investigating shape and colour with a Halloween twist. They have produced some lovely witch’s hats and pumpkins which will be used to decorate the hall for the Halloween Disco.

Every week SEB have been joining forces with other groups across school for wheelchair dancing. It’s a really fun experience.

KS5

The Thursday Sports group go to Heywood Sports Centre each week. They have been practising ball control and directional throwing. Everyone had a great time playing team sports– basketball and volleyball.

KS5 have a lovely wheelchair dancing session on Thursday afternoons where KS4 and KS3 pupils join us. Shane and Jet joined us from KS3 as wheelchair facilitators and were an excellent help and really enjoyed it. They said it was like a party. Jordan said it was a good lesson and lots of fun.

Over at REEC this week we have been learning about hazards in the workplace. We have also been participating in Team Building activities. Because the weather was so nice we decided to go outside where we had 2 teams, which consisted of a person to give directions, one to be blindfolded and the other to ensure the safety of the person with the blindfold.
Both teams communicated and worked really well together.

Student of the week

Imran has been excellent in cricket, and used good vocal skills in Performing Arts. He has settled well into 6th form.

Most Improved Student

Maithe for being more focussed and following instructions. She has been listening well and taking advice on-board.