Parent Bulletin 15/09/23

Parent Bulletin 15/09/23

This week Darrick Wood School’s main assemblies are designed principally around a Theme of the Week. This is mapped out for  the entire year and supports our Personal Develop Curriculum and particularly students’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development. Tutors will often follow-up on the theme in form time to allow further discussion and in depth consideration of the issues raised. This week’s assemblies provided students with the opportunity to reflect not only on school rules and why they are…

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Parent Bulletin 08/09/23

Parent Bulletin 08/09/23

Return to school As usual it has been brilliant seeing all our students again and welcoming students joining the School for the first time. We have held an assembly with the Head Teacher with most years earlier this week. This was an opportunity to speak about what it means coming together as a large school community every day and a reminder of all that school offers, whether that is the taught curriculum or clubs, societies, leadership and collaborative opportunities, fund…

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Key Stage 4 Success 2023

Key Stage 4 Success 2023

Darrick Wood School is happy to announce the success of our students in the Key Stage Four results for the academic year 2022-23. We are delighted to report that two of our students have achieved grade 9 GCSE results in all of their eleven subjects. In addition to these achievements, we take pride in acknowledging eight more students who have attained grade 7 or above in all of their GCSEs. Well done to those who gained some fantastic results –…

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Parent Bulletin 21/07/23

Parent Bulletin 21/07/23

Welcome to the final Parent Bulletin of this academic year. We wish all our students, parents/carers, staff and all involved in our school community an enjoyable summer and look forward to another successful year from September. Achievement Assemblies For the past week students have been awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum certificates depending on the number of positive points they have received this year. We have also awarded subject certificates and Head Teacher’s Awards. Congratulations to all who have received…

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Parent Bulletin 07/07/23

Parent Bulletin 07/07/23

New Year 7 students On Wednesday, 5th July we welcomed parents of our new Year 7 students starting at Darrick Wood in September. We shared as much information as possible about the School to help support a successful transition to secondary school. The day before we were delighted to see so the children themselves and encouraged them to enjoy their last two weeks of primary school but to look forward with excitement about the opportunities we offer them in September….

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Parent Bulletin 23/06/23

Parent Bulletin 23/06/23

Latest In last week’s assemblies, students were encouraged to consider the theme of Senses but not only five usual human senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. We considered a whole host of other possible senses such as super sight (when an animal sees things differently to humans), super smell (i.e. the way some dogs seem to be able to detect serious diseases in humans and save lives), that dolphins seem to be able detect when a human is…

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Parent Bulletin 09/06/23

Parent Bulletin 09/06/23

Latest We hope that students who have been sitting public examinations were able to find the right balance between rest and revision over the half-term break. For the rest of the School before the break, it was business as usual and we had some amazing music in our assemblies from the Year 9 rock band. In assemblies students were provided with some inspiring examples, both recent and from longer ago, of people who have fought for freedom from injustice. Examples…

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Parent Bulletin 19/05/23

Parent Bulletin 19/05/23

Latest The Year 13 Leavers’ Assembly and Ball were held last Friday. These events give students the opportunity to reflect on and celebrate a key milestone in their education to date. For most, they are coming to an emotional end to seven years of study at Darrick Wood School. For others, who joined the School in the Sixth Form, it was no doubt still a major marker in their educational journey and we are so proud of and excited for…

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Parent Bulletin 05/05/23

Parent Bulletin 05/05/23

This week As we head into this historic long weekend and celebrate the coronation of King Charles III it seems an appropriate time to pause and reflect on how schools have changed over the years since the last coronation on 2nd June 1953. In the 1950s children had to attend school until 15. They went to secondary modern, technical or grammar schools. This was the first real national school system and was designed to prepare children for a new world…

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