Darrick Wood School wins awards for exceptional 2015 results

Darrick Wood School wins awards for exceptional 2015 results

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

A transatlantic political discussion by Skype

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!

Years 9 and 10 Speak Out!

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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Particle Physics Masterclass

Particle Physics Masterclass

Six Year 12 and 13 students from Darrick Wood attended the Particle Physics Masterclass at University College London. They were treated to a crash course in fundamental particles and then had to use this knowledge to analyse data from the Atlas detector. The group then had an excellent lecture on Dark Matter which detailed some current research in the race to discover what it is. The students then continued to analyse track data from the detector. This data was then…

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Year 12 Geographers Investigate Dorset

Year 12 Geographers Investigate Dorset

Year 12 Geography students recently visited Dorset for a four-day fieldwork trip. On the first day, they visited the town of Boscombe, where they completed fieldwork judging the success of rebranding. They also investigated the need for further regeneration in the town centre. On the second day, the students visited the town of Lyme Regis, where they examined how local, organic food, celebrity chefs and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site had been used to attract visitors to the area….

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Year 10 Work Experience 2016

Year 10 Work Experience 2016

Our Year 10 Work Experience Programme takes place this year on Monday 11th – Friday 15th July 2016. Pupils are asked to find their own work placements with employers. We support pupils by giving them advice and guidance on finding a placement. Once the deadline for finding a placement has passed, we try to place pupils using a bank of placements that we build up from previous providers. Unfortunately, this year we only have a few placements which we can…

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Youth Travel Ambassadors Success

Youth Travel Ambassadors Success

This month, the Darrick Wood Youth Travel Ambassadors pitched to a Bromley panel in order to secure funding for their walk to school campaign. The Darrick Wood team completed a group presentation, which outlined their plans and produced a budget on how much the carefully thought-out ideas would cost. The panel then had to decide whether to fund their plans. Mr Rees reported that it was very similar to Dragons Den! The panel were very impressed with the professional pitch seen…

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