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Parent Bulletin 08/12/23

Parent Bulletin 08/12/23

This week Assemblies have been themed around the build up to Christmas and the traditions that we follow at this time. Today, many of our students and staff supported Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. You can still donate to this worthy cause via ParentPay. Next week we will hold our achievement assemblies to recognise students’ hard work and achievements through the autumn term. Christmas Concert On Thursday, 14th December the Music Department will present our Christmas Concert, the culmination…

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Parent Bulletin 24/11/23

Parent Bulletin 24/11/23

This week With Year 11 starting their mock examinations, as is usual at this time of year, our main assembly moved to an alternative rota for Years 7-10. This week’s theme focused on Peace. This follows on from our Remembrance assemblies a fortnight ago. The assemblies began with cast members from our Wizard of Oz school production speaking about their experience in the show, followed by a recording and photo montage from the production. We may now have Over the…

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Parent Bulletin 03/05/23

Parent Bulletin 03/05/23

This week We managed to escape the worst of Storm Ciarán on Thursday to welcome hundreds of Year 11 students and their parents/carers to our Sixth Form Open Evening. It was great to see so many of our own students keen to find out what life in the Sixth Form is like and to consider which of the many subjects we offer would interest them the most. We were pleased to see such a large number of students from other…

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Parent Bulletin 21/07/23

Parent Bulletin 21/07/23

Welcome to the final Parent Bulletin of this academic year. We wish all our students, parents/carers, staff and all involved in our school community an enjoyable summer and look forward to another successful year from September. Achievement Assemblies For the past week students have been awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum certificates depending on the number of positive points they have received this year. We have also awarded subject certificates and Head Teacher’s Awards. Congratulations to all who have received…

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Parent Bulletin 07/07/23

Parent Bulletin 07/07/23

New Year 7 students On Wednesday, 5th July we welcomed parents of our new Year 7 students starting at Darrick Wood in September. We shared as much information as possible about the School to help support a successful transition to secondary school. The day before we were delighted to see so the children themselves and encouraged them to enjoy their last two weeks of primary school but to look forward with excitement about the opportunities we offer them in September….

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Parent Bulletin 09/06/23

Parent Bulletin 09/06/23

Latest We hope that students who have been sitting public examinations were able to find the right balance between rest and revision over the half-term break. For the rest of the School before the break, it was business as usual and we had some amazing music in our assemblies from the Year 9 rock band. In assemblies students were provided with some inspiring examples, both recent and from longer ago, of people who have fought for freedom from injustice. Examples…

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Parent Bulletin 21/04/23

Parent Bulletin 21/04/23

It was a very busy end to the spring term with lots of success for our students and the School overall. A few highlights are shared below along with updates from the first week of the summer term. Darrick Wood School awarded Artsmark Gold We were delighted to receive recently the prestigious Artsmark Gold Award in a momentous year for the programme as it celebrates 20 years of arts, culture and creativity in schools. The Artsmark Award is the only…

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Parent Bulletin 10/02/23

Parent Bulletin 10/02/23

This week As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we were delighted on Thursday to welcome Dr Alex George, the Youth Mental Health Ambassador to give a talk in the Main Hall. It clearly went very well and many were able to get books signed at the end. Assemblies all week had a mental health theme and reflected on the importance of making connections with others. We are grateful to Dr George for spending so much time with our students…

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Parent Bulletin 20/01/23

Parent Bulletin 20/01/23

This week Thank you to parents/carers who were able to attend the Year 13 Parents’ Evening on Thursday. We hope you found the opportunity helpful and that students understand how they can make the most of their time before public examinations this summer. We wish them well in their final year at school. They have exciting times ahead but the next few months will no doubt be challenging. Their teachers and other staff are here for them. Assemblies this week…

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Parent Bulletin 16/12/22

Parent Bulletin 16/12/22

This week The arrival of snow on Sunday night meant too many staff were unable to reach the School on Monday morning and we had to close to all but three year groups. Our site staff had put grit down in anticipation the week before and this ensured they were able to clear paths and roads around the site on Monday morning. They worked incredibly hard and with the whole school back in on Tuesday they continued gritting as the…

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