IT’S COMING HOMEWerneth School hosted our annual Sports Day on Friday 6th July

The sports day was back at Werneth school with all year groups and staff involved. Students could sign up to any event and a new event the 4x200m was added this year.Sports day was hotly contested from the very first event - the staff relay with a team from each year group of tutors and SLT.

The SLT team took a big lead into the final leg but a very unfortunate hamstring injury led to Mr Willis hitting the ‘deck’ and Mr Jones bringing the baton home for the year 8 team .

The events continued all day and students had the opportunity to get their face painted or buy some healthy snacks.

Our students really supported one another by cheering and dancing. Students worked well in teams and put a tremendous effort in.

It was a fantastic day and Werneth students did us proud.

Well done to all our winning teams below.

SPRING/SUMMER TERM 2018

Featuring - Sports, Trips, Achievements, Events, Extra Curricular and Diary Dates...

ARMYRESIDENTIAL Twelve of our Year 10 students had the opportunity to represent Werneth at an Army Residential through the Manchester United Foundation and the Army.

On day 1 the students participated in team building challenges in the morning, gradually improving as the challenges went on. In the afternoon the students then visited the live shooting range, where they had the opportunity to use the weapons in a controlled environment to hit specific targets.

Day 2 saw the students complete the assault course, with many overcoming fears and going out of their comfort zone to achieve. The residential concluded with a team ‘Gun Run’ challenge. The students had to work in a team, travelling a total distance of 1.5km, to locate objects

including tree logs, tyres, barrels and medicine balls hidden around the campus. They showed great team work and leadership skills to win this challenge ahead of the other three schools in attendance. This challenge summed up the students’ attitude and behaviour while on the residential, where they represented Werneth really well.

SPORTS LEADERSREWARDTRIPYear 10 Sport Leaders were taken on a reward trip for all their hard work this academic year, helping out with extra curricular activities, sports days and MU Foundation events.

The students went on a stadium tour of Old Trafford followed by lunch at Hotel Football which is owned by the Class of 92. The students enjoyed their day, and their behaviour was exceptional throughout.  On Thursday, the Year 9 Business Studies students completed their Manchester United Business Enterprise programme, by having a stadium tour of Old Trafford, and getting

to see the different departments of Manchester United that they have learnt about in action. The students behaved very positively, with some members of the public commenting how well-mannered they were throughout.

CYP CONFERENCE EVENT2 Year 10 students were selected for this event held at Old Trafford on 17th January 2018. The event consisted of an external company coming in and discussing the issues they faced whilst growing up in London. They put on workshops for the students to engage in and discuss their thoughts on specific issues and how to change young people’s mindset.

TRIPS

MEDICAL MUSEUMYear 10 history students visited Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds.

The purpose of the visit was to extend our knowledge of the various medical developments that we have studied this year. Students engaged well and showcased their

understanding in a very smelly and hands on class before then exploring the museum exhibits independently. Students were able to look at the work of various individuals, walk through the rather disgusting recreation of a 19th century street and get involved in the museum’s interactive exhibit (including costumes).

Students represented the school well on a really positive day.

GREATESTSHOWMANThe Year 8 pastoral team took 66 students to see The Greatest Showman at The Light Cinema at the Red Rock complex on Tuesday 27th March.

The students that were invited on this trip have had excellent attendance over the course of the year, and had received a substantial number of achievement points from their teachers over the term. The students and staff all had a great time! Well done to all students that achieved the criteria for this trip.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH20 year 10 & 11 pupils braved the scorching heat and the wilds of the Derbyshire countryside to complete their assessed Duke of Edinburgh expeditions. The pupils began their adventures in Baslow, trekking past Chatsworth House and through Bakewell to their campsite where they pitched their tents and cooked their own tasty feasts for their tea. The next day, the intrepid explorers headed through Deep Dale and ended their journey in Monyash.

CAREERSAs part of the Life Learning curriculum Mrs Smith-O’Connell took 65 Y10 students to the Skills North West Event at Eventcity, Trafford.

The event was sponsored by The Manchester College and The Royal Navy & Royal Marines and was an exciting interactive skills, careers and apprenticeship event aimed at 14-19 year olds.

At Werneth we believe that

bringing our students together with employers, training providers, specialist schools, further education colleges and universities is crucial. It opens their minds to the range of education, employment and training opportunities available in our area. It was a highly inter-active, and hands-on day, encouraging students to network and develop key contacts that will help them as they move from school and college into university, employment or training. Students had the unique opportunity to meet face to face with exhibitors, including:

ALDI, Carnell, First Response, Graham Construction, Greater Manchester Higher, KPMG LLP, Myerscough College, QA Apprenticeships / Higher, Royal Navy & Royal Marines, The Manchester College, The National Logistics Academy, The Trafford Centre Ltd, Trafford College, University of Salford, UTC Media City UK, Vodafone Limited, Wates Group Ltd and many more. There were also a number of colleges and universities exhibiting.

A packed program of events including skills competitions, interactive activities, live apprenticeship and

other job vacancies, spotlight talks from industry experts and careers advice and guidance helped to create the largest event of its kind in the region. All of this meant the Y10 students really got an insight and some valuable information regarding the choices they will have to make over the next year as they prepare to leave us at Werneth.

Take a look at Y10 in action at the event in the pictures taken by Year 10 student Sam Nagler.

CHARITY FINE DININGAlso on Tuesday, six of our Key Stage 4 students took part in creating a Charity Fine Dining experience at Reflections Restaurant in Tameside. Our students worked alongside the

students of Tameside College to provide a seamless evening packed full of fun, laughter and exquisite food for all. From preparing the restaurant to cooking and serving the food, the students did it all. Ky Webster, Olivia Holden and Liliana Schiano Di Colella worked tirelessly in the kitchen to prepare six courses of divine

food whilst Daniel Gavin, Matthew Fahy and Bryony Potts prepared the restaurant for its guests and brought the night to life with their superb service skills. Thanks to the hard work of our students and the support of staff and students at Tameside College we managed to raise over £500 for Christies and everyone had such an enjoyable evening. We would also like to thank the Gavin family for supporting the event and being so

generous during our charity auction. The Werneth students were a credit to our school and were professional, hardworking and dedicated throughout the whole experience.

TEEN CANCERAs part of the Life Learning curriculum, Mrs Smith-O’Connell organised for Kelly Scott at Teenage Cancer Trust to come in and speak with our Year 9 and 10 students.

Teenage Cancer Trust is a national charity dedicated to help young people fight cancer. This national “Understanding Cancer Education” presentation is recognised by the Government as it raises awareness of cancer which can lead to earlier diagnosis of cancer in the long term.

The presentation was an interactive opportunity for students to learn about and discuss:• What cancer is • Common Signs and Symptoms • The impact of cancer on a young person • Types of Treatment • Healthy Living

By the end of the presentation, all students knew more about early warning signs and how they can reduce their risk of cancer later in life. Here’s what our students had to say about the visit:“I thought it was really useful and it was really touching listening to experiences of people who had actually survived cancer.” Lydia, Y10

“I thought the assembly was useful because it showed us different ways to get it and how to minimise the risk of getting cancer.” Holly, Y10

“It was very educational. I learnt a lot about cancer that I didn’t know. I think all of our students should learn about it.” Ginerva, Y10

Years 9 and 10 listened intently and took part in all discussions with Kelly, who commented on how engaged and respectful our students were throughout the morning. A real credit to themselves and our school, students showed great maturity around this difficult topic.

EVENTS

GUIDE DOG Mrs Smith in English arranged a visit for Year 8 from the Guide Dog Association. Dave came in, with Cyril the guide dog, to talk to Year 8 about how dogs are trained and the impact they can have on the life of a blind person.

Year 8 have since decided that they would like to raise the £1500 needed to sponsor a dog. So far they have raised over £200 by providing services at school events such as face painting, refreshments, stationery, sponge the teacher and next term they are putting on a welcome disco for Year 7s.Please support the students fund raising events.

PROMOur Year 11s had their Leavers Assembly and Prom on Friday 29th June 2018. They all looked stunning and enjoyed the celebration in one of Manchester United Suites.

EDUCATION FOR LIFEYears 7-10 have been receiving special assemblies over the course of the week from Miss Battle, one of our English teachers at Werneth School. In September, Miss Battle will be leaving the UK for ten months to work abroad in Guatemala supporting children at risk of dropping out of education.

Miss Battle’s assemblies explained the struggles Guatemalan children may face in Latin America and introduced them to the project Educando Para La Vida (Education for Life) which seeks to prevent children from becoming child labourers and/or leaving education prematurely. In order to support Miss Battle’s role in the project next year, Werneth are hosting numerous fundraising events in the upcoming weeks. Next week will involve the event DRIBBLE FOR YOUR DREAMS. Pupils will be encouraged to donate £1 to play and complete as many Dribbling reps as possible within a time limit. Pupils will aim to complete 5261 REPS as a school: the same distance in miles as it is from Werneth School to Guatemala. Students are also completing a cake sale next week to raise money alongside a STAFF Bake Off judged by our own Mrs Taylor and Mr Conroy. If you would like to donate to the cause and the project, please click on Miss Battle’s link below.

https://www.latinlink.org.uk/Appeal/misha-battle

AD DAsACADEMY

Achieve at least expected progress in all subjects

Achieve at least 95% attendance

Take part in All Different,All Equal Day

Visit a College

Visit a Sporting Stadium

Take a Tram/Train Ride

Achieve Bronze Reading Challenge

Complete a performance to an audience

Visit a Theatre/Museum

Take part in Sports Day Complete a Community Action Project Visit an Outdoor Learning Centre/Team Building

COMMUNITY SPORTS ASPIRATION CULTURE

YEAR 7

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summer and get a head start!

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ADIDAS ACADEMYOur current Year 7s have had the opportunity to visit Old Trafford this week as part of their Life Learning curriculum and enjoyed the occasion: they had a tour of the museum at Manchester United. Miss Smith tells me that their behaviour was exemplary on every

visit: we took them in small groups over the week. This opportunity forms a part of the Adidas Academy programme, where we prepare our youngest students with the skills that they need in order to be successful in later life. Our Year 7s will be graduating the programme in the Autumn term.Our new Year 7 can get a head start on this over the summer.

YOUNG CARERSWEEKIn January we had our Young Carers Week at Werneth, and we raised awareness of the vital role that young carers play in supporting a member of their family in their daily lives. Assemblies were held, and we organised some activities in school to raise the profile of the carers. If they aren’t supported, young carers can have their progress affected because their workload at home creates problems in school.

At Werneth, Mrs Lumsdon is our central contact for Young Carers. As a result of the focus last week, we were made aware of several young people who act as young carers but we were not aware of this fact. As a result of knowing that, we can

now offer additional support. If you believe there is a Werneth student in your family who is a young carer and we don’t know about it, it’s worth speaking to Mrs Lumsdon so that we can activate some support.

Mrs Lumsdon was really moved when she attended the “Young Carers Celebrating Success” evening in March. It was great to see ex-student Olivia doing so well and making a very moving speech explaining her successes since leaving school.

Our congratulations to Aaliyah, currently in year 8, who won an award. Mrs Lumsdon said “It was a real privilege to be invited and represent Werneth School.”

EMOTIONAL WELLBEINGMental health is a hot topic in education these days, with many of the services around schools to support young people disappearing.

Mrs Houghton is our Emotional Wellbeing Lead in school, and she has been training 17 of our Year 8 students to become Mental Health Ambassadors. They are following a programme to develop listening skills, open questioning, body language and how to measure mental wellbeing. The idea is that we will have some of our students – identified by badges – who will use the skills to help other people.

MAKE UP THEMEOur beauty students have participated in practical themed lessons this term. They’ve shown real potential and put 100% effort into their designs.

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SCHOOL COUNCIL

MAX WESTWELLSadly one of our students Max Westwell passed away earlier this year.

Max had been fighting a rare form of cancer for the past 15 months, and his fight was brave and full on. Unfortunately, he lost that battle on Monday. Thankfully his passing was peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his family.

Max is the fifth member of his family to attend Werneth, and his family came into school on Tuesday morning to talk through the good times with us. They are thankful of the support offered to them from all members of the Werneth community and wanted me to communicate that message to everyone.

Max was a very inquisitive, optimistic, intelligent and caring young man who loved every day at school and at home with his family. He is already sorely missed by his friends and teachers at Werneth.

The school council have been working hard this summer term.We meet every Wednesday and have been meeting at lunch to put more time into our projects.

The School Council has been focused on the launch of our recycling project in school. They have presented their recycling project to our school Governors, raised funds to buy the recycling bins by entering competitions and organised a non-uniform day. They have confidently lead assemblies for all years to raise awareness of recycling in the school.

Leah and Amelia from the School Council entered a competition on a rewards trip called ‘Show the Love’.Subsequently they won the competition and a trip to London to receive the award and participate in the ‘Show the Love’ celebrations.Here’s what Amelia and Leah had to say... “On the 8th of February, we went on a rewards trip to Old Trafford through

the Manchester United Foundation, this event was called ‘Show the love’. This event gave us information about the effects of climate change, and in the end we were taught how to present a campaign to an audience, and we decided to carry on this campaign and call it ‘Werneth’s Greener Future.’ As we continued this during school, we entered their competition and much to our delight, we won a trip to London and £300.

Our trip to the ‘Green Heart Award’ took place this Tuesday. We travelled from Stockport train station and arrived at London Euston. We travelled on the Underground to arrive at Green Park station. We then had time to visit Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace, the London eye, Tower bridge, Downing Street, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. We were lucky enough to secure a tour around Parliament with William Wragg, our local MP, who took us around The Houses Of Parliament and informed us on the

history of Parliament, and we got an exclusive seat in the speakers house to watch a debate about free school meals. After watching the debate, we went to another part of Parliament to take part in the ‘Green Hero Heart Awards’, where we got a mention just before the award for ‘the best youth/school project’.”

The School Council also put themselves forward for the ‘I love Stockport’ competition and will now be the face of the advertising campaign. They were lucky enough to have a visit from Councillor Bailey and they were awarded with vouchers for them individually and the school.

The School Council are currently starring in a video for primaries on travel and getting the bus to school.

They have helped recruit emotional well-being ambassadors and set up a form for them.

PERFORMANCES

ALADDIN

Year 8 were fantastic in their production of Aladdin last week.

They sang, danced and acted to an audience of over 100 people. They have all worked incredible hard over the last few weeks and this was evident in their fantastic performance. A big thank you to all parents and carers who have supported the show and of course all the help from Sam Nagler, Taylor Goulden and Cory Martindale as our musicians, sound and lighting students. Well Done Year 8!

BLOOD BROTHERSIn May twenty six pupils from years 8 to 10 watched a performance of the famous West end musical Blood Brothers at the Palace theatre, Manchester. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the evening and staff at the theatre commented on what excellent representatives of the school our young people were!

THE READ14 Werneth students travelled to Cheadle Hulme High School to take part in ‘The Read’ Book Awards ceremony. Students from 6 Stockport schools have been frantically reading and discussing the shortlisted books since January, and voted for their favourites in March. Since then, there has been an air of anticipation in all 6 schools, and lots of impatient waiting to discover who the winning Authors of both categories would be!

Before the announcements, Chris Bradford, the winner of the ‘Quick Reads’ category 2017, educated and entertained us all in his very unique way, showing us the Way of the Samurai. He brought in his very own samurai sword, and his wooden Bokken, and, with lots of safe audience participation, talked about his books and his journey to become a trained Samurai. An extremely lively book reading followed, as did a video of all participating schools sharing their Book Award photos, and a ‘The Read’ shoutout for all books on the shortlists. Finally, it was time to announce the winners!

The winner of the ‘Quick Reads’ category was Mary Hooper, with ‘Ring of Roses’, set at the time of the plague.

The winner of the ‘Big Five’ category was Ross Welford, with ‘What Not to do if you Turn Invisible’, a book about teens, acne, and a very special spot cream!

Many thanks to everyone who was involved in our Book Award-it takes teamwork to make it a success. Our school librarians, student readers, English staff, and support staff work very hard to put this together, as, of course, did the staff and tech team at Cheadle Hulme High School. We thank you all.

All of the books involved in this years’ award can be found by clicking here. All are available to borrow from the school library, too!

CAN-DO WEEK

YEAR 7 & 8AWARDSWe had Year 7 and Year 8 Awards evening in July. Our Key Stage 3 Awards Evenings are about recognising those students who are building a solid foundation for success at GCSE.

It was lovely to see so many students and parents packing out the Main Hall for both ceremonies to recognise that success. Particular congratulations to Student of the Year for Year 7 Jessica and Abigail in Year 8.

GOLD MEDALLISTMassive congratulations to our Champion diver Elliott in Year 8.

Last weekend Elliott won the Platform national GOLD medal at the National Age Group diving championships. He was competing in the 14/15yrs age group (despite being only 13) and dived his socks off to win the Gold with the narrowest of margins over six dives....only 0.65 between him and the Silver medal! Hopefully he will now be selected for the Elite diving programme for next season. Elliott also went on to win the national

SILVER medal in the boys 14-18yrs 3m synchro. He will be representing NE England in Bulgaria in two weeks’ time. A future Tom Daly in the making.

AFTERNOON TEAIn May the School Council organised a non-uniform day to celebrate the Royal Wedding and raised funds towards our recycling project.

The School Council also rewarded students across all years with 100% attendance, no behaviour logs and ATL scores over 3.5 to an afternoon tea.

Our Catering students made scones and cakes and the School Council waited on the students with sandwiches and refreshments. It was a lovely celebration for our students. We also raised money towards sponsoring a guide dog on the day.

ACHIEVEMENTS

HEADTEACHER AWARDSThe Headteacher presented 16 students with headteacher awards for excellent pieces of work at Easter.

They each collected an Easter Egg in recognition of their efforts.

MATCH BALL ASSISTANTCongratulations to Amy in Year 9. As part of our partnership with the Manchester United Foundation, we always invite Year 9 students to apply to become a match ball assistant at Old Trafford.

Manchester United offer one place to us every year, with the winner gaining this status for a full season with a member of their family. A number of our Year 9s were interviewed for the position this week, and I am delighted that Amy ( pictured ) was successful. Amy was selected due to her outstanding track record in behaviour and attendance. She is a very hardworking and dedicated student who always brings a smile

to your lesson. I’m sure she will represent Werneth exceptionally. Congratulations to her on an exciting opportunity!

CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTSOn Monday 23rd July the whole school took part in our praise assemblies.

Book of Excellence Winners CongratulationsL HencherB PridgeonA AzabaneeK HodkinsonS ThompsonC MickieH McPhersonA ShojakhaiJ EstelleW MoranL DowneyK HillK AngusE Sawyer

J DraysonP FieldC VjesticaM EtheridgeK WatsonL StobbartH LewisR GhaleyA FosterD JonesO SpencerL AskwithA EarnshawH Irons

L RileyC NorrisA BracegirdleC WilsonN McLaughlinA CoxB DuplexN PierceM SpillaneA MillnsM GoddardG PurnellE BaileyA Church

R BarnesA MossM GoddardE PearsonI ShepherdJ MorrisonA WrightN QuinnJ BarstowA Walsh

SPORTS LEADERSThere are a total of 34 Year 10 sport leaders. The leaders have volunteered for extra curricular activities, lunch time clubs, primary transition events, sports day and Year 7 & 8 reward day in this final term.

HUB TOURNAMENTSIn this term, there has been 1 Hub Tournament taken place. It was for the Year 7 boys. A total of 10 students participated in this event. They were joined by the Manchester United U18 team, where they helped coach the Year 7 boys. They finished runners up

STREET REDSThis is a community programme, run by the Manchester United Foundation with their qualified coaches, on Friday nights at Werneth and is open to any young people aged 8-18. The aim of the sessions are to increase social skills, confidence and football skills. Each week there are between 25 – 40 participants, with their behaviour and attitudes being exceptional.

AFTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL The HDO has been working closely with the Year 7 football team by holding after-school football on a weekly basis. There has been a total of 40 students engaged throughout the first term of this academic year. This includes league matches, cup games and friendlies, where Year 11 sport leaders volunteer to help out.

MATCH TICKETSMatch tickets – Werneth receive match tickets for every home game. Every game is dedicated to specific year groups, with different reasons as to how stu-dents get selected. These include nominations from certain subjects for excellent pieces of work, over 95% attendance, and no behaviour logs on the school management system.

SPORTS

SPORTS FACILITIESOur new sports facilities are now up-and-running and available for bookings

outside of school hours. We have a refurbished sports hall, and floodlit astro turf pitches for hire, and you can contact our School Business Manager Steve.sanderson@wernethschool.com to enquire about bookings.

ATTENDANCE IS ONE OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES IN SCHOOL. Our school target is 94% and we expect every student to have attendance above this. To recognise good attendance we introduced the Attendance Champions League in October 2017. The league runs a little like the football league and every week forms ‘play’ each other and earn points by having the best attendance. Forms can also earn extra points by having attendance over the school target or by having 99% attendance or above. The fixtures and the league are put onto the attendance notice board every week which is near the main entrance to school.

Today we have celebrated excellent attendance, recognising the students and form tutors who have maintained high standards through the year.

Our attendance initiative in school is shaped around a very topical football model and is the Attendance Champions League. Form groups gain points for winning their ‘fixture’ every week and our superstars for this academic year are 7N. Well done to all students in this form and to Mr Harrison, their form tutor. All students in 7N are invited to go to Hollywood Bowl on Monday as a reward. Mr Harrison has received a treat too. The year group forms with the highest points are 8N (Mr Babar), 9O (Mr Ryan) and 10R (the other Mr Ryan).

All students have had breakfast this morning and form tutors have had a little something to take home.

We have also celebrated our forms with the highest attendance for the year. 7S (Mr Bateman) is the highest attending form in the whole school with 8N (Mr Babar), 9W (Mr McNulty and 10R (Mr Ryan) the highest in their year group. I am sure they enjoyed their breakfast this morning and again, a little staff treat for the weekend.

We look forward to the league beginning again in September.

ATTENDANCE

DATES FOR YOUR DIARYAutumn Term 1Monday 3rd September – First day back for staff and

studentsThursday 13th September - Open Evening 5-8pm

Thursday 20th September - Post 16 Evening 6-8pm

Thursday 27th September - Year 10 & 11 GCSE Information

Evening 6-8pmThursday 11th October - Launch for Success Evening for Year

7 parents 6-8pmThursday 18th October – School breaks up for Half Term

Autumn Term 2Monday 29th October – School returns

Thursday 15th November - Class of 2018 Presentation

Evening 7-9pmWednesday 21st November – Year 11 Parents First House

Thursday 22nd November – Year 11 Parents Evening 4-7pm

Thursday 29th November – Year 9 GCSE Information

Evening 6-7pmFriday 7th December – Staff INSET – students not in school

Friday 21st December – School breaks up for Christmas

EXTRA CURRICULAR

Summer Term 1Monday 7th January – School returns

Thursday 17th January – Year 11 Intervention Evening

Wednesday 30th January – Year 10 Parents First House

Thursday 31st January – Year 10 Parents Evening 4-7pm

Wednesday 6th February – Year 9 Parents First House

Thursday 31st January – Year 9 Parents Evening 4-7pm

Thursday 14th February - School breaks up for Half Term

Summer Term 2Monday 25th February – School returns

Wednesday 27th February – Year 8 Parents Day First House

Thursday 28th February – Year 8 Parents Evening 4-7pm

Thursday 7th March – World Book Day/Year 8 Options

Evening 6-8pmWednesday 20th March – Year 11 Parents Day First House

Thursday 21st March – World Poetry Day/ Year 11 Parents

Evening 4-7pmFriday 5th April – School breaks up for Easter