DWS Gym Show
Come and join us at the Darrick Wood Rocks PE Department Gym Show. Wednesday, 29th March 2017 at 7pm in the Main Hall. Tickets can be purchased from School for £3 in advance.
South East London Indoor Athletics Championships – Boys
Following victory at the Bromley Championships, our Year 7 Boys Team represented Bromley in the South London Regional Final held in Carshalton, Surrey. The boys have trained extremely hard and demonstrated great commitment and dedication to training after school and subsequently performed far beyond expectations. Competing against the top schools from seven other boroughs in South London, our Obstacle Relay team of Jamie Low, Alex Webb, Louis Roberts and Isaac Agyapong got the team off to a great start with…
Darrick Wood School Welcomes Chinese Visitors
Earlier this term we were able to welcome a group of Chinese students for a week-long visit to Darrick Wood. They were from a city in north east China, located between Mongolia and North Korea. After a week spent sightseeing they then spent a week in lessons here experiencing all aspects of school life. Pairs of Chinese students were buddied up with a Darrick Wood student who took them to their lessons and looked after them throughout the day. There…
Reading University Visits Darrick Wood School
The Chemistry students in Year 12 and Year 13 had the opportunity to use some very special equipment today when former Darrick Wood teacher, Mrs Nuttall, returned in her new role as an outreach coordinator for Reading University. Working in conjunction with the Royal Society of Chemistry Mrs Nuttall brought along £15 000 worth of Infra Red spectrometer, a device used by chemists to analyse and identify unknown chemicals; something students don’t usually see until they go to university themselves….
South East London Indoor Athletics Championships
Following our success at the Bromley Schools Indoor Athletics Championships, the Year 7 and 8 girls’ teams went on to represent Bromley at the South East London Championships, at the Westcroft Leisure centre, Carshalton. All athletes showed commitment and excellent team work throughout the day participating in numerous events and the final results were: Year 7 Girls finished 6th out of the 8 boroughs and Year 8 Girls finished 2nd out of the 8 boroughs. Year 8 Girls have now…
Chemical Engineer visits Darrick Wood School
Former pupil Alex Tait took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Year 10 Triple Scientists and A level Scientists about his work and life as a chemical engineer working for the oil giant BP. Alex who is currently based in Baku, Azerbaijan works as a process engineer on one of the largest oil production projects in the world. He talked about his experiences at Darrick Wood and how he was inspired to take up Chemical Engineering because…
Darrick Wood School visits the Saxon Day Care Centre
Darrick Wood School pupils have been very fortunate to have visited the Saxon Day Care Centre, located just by the Walnuts Centre in Orpington. Here they support many elderly people form the local community and we are delighted that throughout the year we will be visiting the centre. So far we have taken two groups of pupils to visit. Pupils from Year 7 to 13 were selected to recognise the excellent efforts that they have made both inside and outside…
Wizard of Oz – The School Production
Tickets for this year’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” are on sale from today. They cost £5 for adults and £3 for concessions and can be purchased from pupil reception (before school and at lunch time). The performance will take place on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th February at 7.30pm in the Main Hall. We look forward to welcoming you to what will be an outstanding production.
Darrick Wood School in the Performance Tables
The latest performance tables show that Darrick Wood School performed very well again last year. The percentage of students who gained their English and Mathematics GCSE at grade C or above equals the previous School record, and a figure of 82% places the School as the top mixed comprehensive school in Bromley. In addition, the Progress 8 score is strong and ‘above average’, demonstrating that students made significant progress since entering the School in Year 7. https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/136355
Brazilian Jazz for Year 8
On Tuesday 17th January 8YM enjoyed a workshop and performance by John and Elisa Harborne as part of their study and performance of Brazilian Music. John grew up in Orpington and rose to fame as one of our most eminent trombonists as a member of the jazz Orchestra ‘Loose Tubes’. He moved to Brazil in 2005 and since then has worked with some of the country’s finest musicians as a cavaquinho player and trombonist. His daughter Elisa, born and brought…