April 2016 – News

Year 10 Medical Day

28/04/2016 Mr Eynon

Last term a group of 15 year 10 pupils attended a Medical Day at Bromley College, along with pupils from two other Bromley Schools. They had the opportunity to take part in hands on practical workshops. In one workshop the pupils were provided with patient histories, laboratory results and X-rays to diagnose patients. In another workshop they completed CPR and learnt the recovery position for an unconscious casualty and then had the opportunity to discuss medical ethics. Here they got…

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British Bake Off chance for 9-12 year olds

21/04/2016 Mr Eynon

Duke of Edinburgh Success for Darrick Wood Pupils

20/04/2016 Mr Eynon

On Monday, 18th April 2016 over 70 Darrick Wood pupils collected both bronze and gold awards at the annual Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Ceremony in the Civic Centre, Bromley. This year, Darrick Wood saw the highest pass rate of participants who completed their DofE in the borough. It was also a record number for Darrick Wood School! In order to be awarded with the Duke of Edinburgh awards, Darrick Wood pupils helped our local community, putting in a total of over…

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Darrick Wood School wins awards for exceptional 2015 results

18/04/2016 Mr Eynon

Darrick Wood School has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT). Educational Outcomes data analysis from SSAT has shown that the school is in the top 10% of non-selective schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students and the top 20% nationally for progress made by pupils between their key stage 2 results at primary school and their key stage 4 results. The school’s SSAT Educational Outcomes awards will be…

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A transatlantic political discussion by Skype

15/04/2016 Mr Eynon

On Thursday, April 14th, Year 13 Government and Politics groups were engaged in a political discussion with a group of US high school students from Kenston High School in Ohio. The American students answered a whole range of question from our sixth formers who study US Government and Politics as part of their A level studies and posed some of their own. This was jointly organised by Mr Cozens and Mrs Buchanan for Darrick Wood School and Mrs Smith, a Politics…

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Years 9 and 10 Speak Out!

11/04/2016 Mr Eynon

This year’s Jack Petchey’s Speak Out Challenge produced some superb public speaking from Darrick Wood’s Year 9 and Year 10 pupils. Every year Darrick Wood School participates in the scheme, which aims to instil in pupils the skills, confidence and desire to speak in public through workshops run by the Speakers Trust and funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation. At end of each workshop, six pupils are selected for the school’s internal finals, with these contenders eventually narrowed down to…

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