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Darrick Wood featured in Poetry By Heart’s newsletter

06/05/2025 Mr Eynon

Our English Department manages the School’s entries into the annual Poetry By Heart (PBH) National Competition which has featured in prior newsletters. The most recent PBH newsletter featured our Year 7 Portable Paradise Project, which tasked students with creating their own paradise in physical, not just poetic, form in response to a poem in our anthology. You can ‘jump to’ the Ideas and Inspiration section of the newsletter where you will find Darrick Wood featured. You can then click through…

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DWS Featured in the Poetry By Heart Newsletter

24/04/2025 Mr Eynon

We are delighted that DWS has been featured in the latest Poetry By Heart newsletter. You can read the full article here: Poetry By Heart Poetry By Hearth wrote the following by means of introduction: “Back in our April 4th newsletter, we shared some creative writing ideas including an activity inspired by Roger Robinson’s ‘A Portable Paradise’. We were over the moon when, after reading the newsletter, the English Department from Darrick Wood School got in touch to share how…

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DWS Audio

20/11/2024 Mr Eynon

Last week BBC Radio Kent broadcast the second part of our new audio drama serial ‘Enquiry Agents’ on Leo Ulph’s Upload show. You can listen to it on BBC Sounds via the link on our DWS Audio blog: ‘Enquiry Agents’ on BBC Radio Kent – DWS Audio Congratulations to our fabulous cast (Alex, Anthony, Casey and Lily) and to Guillermo for composing the theme music.

Sixth Form Reading Mentors

19/11/2024 Mr Eynon

Our fantastic Sixth Form Reading volunteers have started reading with Year 7 students this week. They had a training session with Mrs Millar last week – thinking about how reading works (it’s complicated!) and how to share their own love and enthusiasm for reading. Selected Year 7 students will have a 1:1 reading session in the Reading Realm, supervised by our Reading Coordinator Ms Jacobs over the year. We have got off to a fantastic start with 7XB and 7XF….

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Parent Bulletin 05/07/24

05/07/2024 DrAirey

This week This week, the main assembly started with Mr Cook and some of our Sixth Form Science students sharing why Science is such an amazing and important subject. We are very grateful to our Head of Science, to Harry for his incredible chemistry demonstration, and to Millie, Lucy and Samaira for their inspiring speeches. The assembly then continued with this week’s theme of “Where’s the End?” Students were challenged to think hard about what this means by Mrs Hodgson,…

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Curriculum Showcase – December 2023

15/12/2023 Mr Eynon

Dear all, Please see our Curriculum Showcase from this half term. It is but just a small snippet of the fantastic work completed by students this half term. This showcase is a testament to the vibrant and innovative curriculum, and hard work completed by students, at Darrick Wood School. As you browse through the work, we hope you find it reflects the dedication of students to academic excellence, creativity, and personal growth that defines our DWS Life Learning Skills. Please…

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Curriculum Showcase Pilot

13/10/2023 Mr Eynon

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…

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Parent Bulletin 21/04/23

21/04/2023 DrAirey

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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UK International Radio Drama Festival 2019

18/03/2019 Mr Eynon

DWS Audio is proud to announce that two of our audio plays have been included in the UK International Radio Drama Festival 2019. One of Our Exercise Books is Missing and Free Fall will be showcased on Thursday 21st March at Café Nero in Canterbury, the venue for this year’s festival. The plays will also be available online via the radio drama festival website, where you can listen and vote for your favourite play. Mr Chappell

National Poetry Day

15/11/2018 Mr Eynon

For National Poetry Day this year, Ms Tibbs hosted a ‘Poetry Breakfast’. Students were encouraged to bring a poem along; one that they love or had written themselves. Students and staff shared the poetry aloud whist quaffing croissants, coffee and other breakfast goodies. Many of the pupils have since asked for another one – a highly enjoyable way to start the day! Ms Tibbs