Autumn term – reflections on the term so far We started this year with assemblies that emphasised the special community that exists in a school and our school in particular. We encouraged students to support each other to live by our values of Respect, Responsibility and Honesty. There have been so many examples of this so far this year, from charity fund raising (e.g. Jeans for Genes Day), to the Year 7 team building days, our fantastic Open Evening guides…
We are piloting a new initiative this half term, and would welcome your feedback. Please email the Office for the attention of Mr Eynon with any feedback please. We’d like to share, with you, a small selection of the wonderful work that students at Darrick Wood School have completed this half term. Open Evening this year was a resounding success, and students who represented the school, both on the evening and through display of their work, were complimented by our…
This week Darrick Wood School’s main assemblies are designed principally around a Theme of the Week. This is mapped out for the entire year and supports our Personal Develop Curriculum and particularly students’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development. Tutors will often follow-up on the theme in form time to allow further discussion and in depth consideration of the issues raised. This week’s assemblies provided students with the opportunity to reflect not only on school rules and why they are…
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…
This week It is has been the turn of Year 13 to complete mock examinations as well as an opportunity for any Year 11 students who missed an examination over the last few weeks to sit remaining papers. The aim is to provide Year 11 students with their results on Wednesday, 14th December. Whatever the results show, this will be an opportunity for them to reflect, to have a break over Christmas, and then to return refreshed and ready to…
Parents of pupils currently in Years 10 and 11 can download the presentation from the KS4 Information Evening below. There is also a link to a booklet with information on all subjects including links to subject related websites. KS4 Information Booklet 18-19 KS4 Parent Information Evening – October 2018