This week Our annual Carol Service at St Paul’s, Crofton was one of our best ever. The church was full and everyone enjoyed a mix of traditional and modern music together with nine lessons read by pupils and staff. We are grateful to the PSFA who prepared and served mince pies and mulled wine afterwards. This, together with the amazing performances by our students more than made up for the terrible weather outside. This week, Year 7 received a brand…
Congratulations to all who entered the inaugural Darrick Wood School Christmas Card Competition. The standard of entry was extremely high, with many excellent pieces commended for their effort. The first place was given to Oliver Watson, followed by Aqil Ahmed and Angela Veickovska in third place. Congratulations!
This week With all that is happening in the world of politics at the moment we were delighted this afternoon to welcome to the School, Jo Johnson MP. Mr Johnson attended a ceremony to formally open our extended Dining Hall, new PE changing rooms and Movement and Performing Arts Building. Governors, Senior Prefects, Student Leadership Council representatives, current and former staff attended the short ceremony along with our builder and architect. We were particularly happy that former Head Teacher Mrs…
This week Pupils in Year 11 have now finished the vast majority of their mock examinations. The results will be distributed in a special ceremony on Friday, 11th January 2019. The distribution of the new dinner fobs has started. Pupils who have not yet received theirs should see their Form Tutor in the first instance. We have already noticed an improvement in queuing times. New Darrick Sports (the School’s Sports Centre) is open every evening, weekend and through the holidays….
This week This week has been dominated by the start of Year 11 mock examinations. We have made good use of our extended dining facilities to allow pupils to line up in the dry before going into the Main Hall. With one more week to go, everything has run smoothly so far. We know this first taste of what it feels like to take public examinations is an important step towards the summer, but understand it can be very hard….
This week The highlight of the week was of course our production, Les Miserables. This production was truly one of the best, if not the best we have ever produced. All three nights were amazing and if you did not get to see it, I urge you to come to our next production. All students gave their very best and worked incredibly well together under the leadership of a very dedicated team of teachers and other staff. Thank you to…
This week The final rehearsals are underway for our production of Les Miserables. In assemblies all week, members of the cast gave the whole school a taste of what is to come. They were amazing so if you have not got a ticket yet, please visit our website whilst there are still any left. Year 13 parents’ evening took place on Thursday. As well as the usual direct feedback from teachers a report including up to date projected grades was…
We are delighted that two students have been chosen to exhibit at the V&A Museum of Childhood as part of the Take pArt Challenge competition. A huge congratulations to Amber Blake & Georgia Barnard for having their art work shortlisted. All submissions will be judged at a private show, held at the V&A Museum of Childhood on the 29th November. Congratulations from the Art Department and all at Darrick Wood School
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
This week In assemblies, all year groups this week paid tribute to those who lost their lives in World War 1 and in wars and conflicts ever since. The assemblies were led by Mr Heath who shared the story of Royal Marine, Oliver Augustin, who lost his life serving in Afghanistan. Years before, Mr Heath had taught this young man at another school and coached him to play rugby. The story illustrated that even on the centenary of the end…