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Wingate School Tenerife KS3 Newsletter - June / Lockdown 2020 -4th Edition
WELCOME If you have a story about our KS3 pupils that you would like to share please let me know via email: [email protected]
Give yourself a pat on the back, we have almost made it to the end of a most unusual and very difficult term! This is down to the massive combined efforts of staff, students and parents / guardians. On Thursday the 12th of March, school closed for what we thought would be 2 weeks. We had short meetings with pupils briefing them on the possibility of online lessons and staff quickly pulled together to share ideas and discuss the upcoming few unprecedented online weeks! As the weeks went on and online lessons began in earnest it was amazing to see the fantastic dedication of the pupils (and their new parent-teachers) to
Book week
Before online lessons began, the English department organised a fantastic Book Week event. Pupils joined in a range of activities across the week including - Drop Everything and Read, designing a book cover for their form classroom, a set the scene competition and more! Below are some highlights from the lead up as well as World Book Day itself: Literary Character Costumes: In form groups pupils picked a book together and on World Book Day turned up to school as one of the characters. The pupils made an amazing effort! Some of the costumes are below… Can you guess the book and Literary Characters from it?
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their online lessons. Many pupils went above and beyond what was expected of them. Pupils joined in on all requests made by teachers, and although it has been tough with poor internet connections, lots of worry surrounding the pandemic and organisational skills being put to the test, Wingate pupils have shown what the Wingate Way really is and have exceeded our expectations! Well done - have a great Summer break! Mrs J Hopewell Head of KS3 [email protected]
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Members of 7MA
Mrs Jobling!
Dates for your Diary: Just a reminder of events coming up that you may wish to put in your planners: On Friday the 26th
June we will be
awarding pupils from
year 7-10 with online
certificates for most
improved and highest
attainer in each
subject in each set /
form group.
Make sure you tune
into the awards
ceremony in the
talent masterclass! Mrs Hopewell Head of KS3 [email protected]
Set the scene competition: Pupils had to design a scene from their favorite book - they could present the scene in any medium they choose. There were some fantastic entries but the winner was a video from Zulaya (year 8) with a scene from Harry Potter. Taha (year 9) was a highly commended entry depicting a scene from Star Wars:
Creative writing A creative writing competition summoned a whole host of emotions from all who listened to or read the entries - Wingate pupils have such a way with words! Gina´s writing about the horrors of war and PTSD was one of the year 9 winners: Peace and silence. That’s something I’m not used to. Birds singing blissfully in the
lush emerald treetops, is
music to my ears. My eyes,
blessed by the crystalline
water. The reflection of fluffy
clouds drifting in the sapphire
sky is ever so dreamy. I can
still feel the gunshot wound
that pierced through my soul.
Suddenly, the beautiful
landscape of forest slipped
away into a war zone once
again. Soldiers falling, life
draining from their eyes,
blood soaking the battlefield. Never did I think I would make it out alive and witness
such graceful wilderness surrounding me. Though war is the past, the horrors still
haunt me greatly.
Book Door Cover
All pupils in KS3 worked together as a form to design a book cover for their
form-room door, we have such creative pupils!
Charity Week
The final week of the Spring Term should have been the annual Charity Week
where different year groups find ways to support a number of different charities
with their time, effort and donations.
The lockdown meant, sadly, this was not possible this year. I know a number of
pupils were sad not to support these worthy causes.
The year 7s were meant to be working with FACT - a cancer charity, they decided to
support this charity in another way- with messages of support. Below are some of
the heartfelt things pupils said to the cancer sufferers support by FACT:
(Check out the full video on the WIngate School Facebook page):
Lucas: You are a fighter... Don´t give up.
Kirsten: You are so strong and brave, keep fighting.
Vlad: Hope you get strong and healthier so you can play again with your family.
The year 8s were meant to be taking a donation of food up to the Banco de
Alimentos de Tenerife - a food bank in the North. The food bank wishes to thank
the pupils and parents of Wingate School who were able to make a kind donation
to the food bank. Your donations have helped many families who are in dire need
at the moment.
Transition Lessons The year 6 cohort are eagerly awaiting joining KS3.
Mrs Tolfrey, Ms Colegrove and Mrs Hopewell have been facilitating some extra
English, Maths and Science online lessons with this year group.
The year 6s have taken these lessons in their stride and have produced some
outstanding work at very high levels.
We can't wait to welcome them properly into year 7 in September!
Below is a snapshot of what they have been doing in these lessons:
English - Mrs Tolfrey.
It has been such a pleasure getting to know the year 6 students who have all worked with such enthusiasm, attending and actively taking part in all online lessons. It has been so heartwarming to see how they have volunteered to support each other, sharing their individual skill sets. I have been especially impressed with the ‘A Day in the Life of’ project, where students were asked to create a presentation or video diary of a chosen animal. Here are a few examples of their work.
By Isha
By Sonny
Maths- Ms Colegrove The year 6 pupils have been experiencing online learning in preparation for year 7 mathematics. They must carefully follow instructions on how to load specific pages of the maths book and then read the questions carefully before answering them. When the work is complete, showing all their calculations, they must take a picture and upload this to the classroom for marking by me. The students have participated with enthusiasm, asking for more help if they needed it and have been competently using Google Meets. This is an important step towards the self discipline of reading carefully, looking for specific details and following instructions. All skills which are imperative to achieving in the seniors. Science - Mrs Hopewell The scientists in year 6 have astounded me with their level of commitment to this subject - some even trying out some of the experiments in their own homes! We have looked at a number of chemistry topics including chemical reactions, acids and alkalis and indicators. A few pieces of great work can be seen below: Liam - the pH scale
Isha- Acids and alkalis in the home
Mannat - making her own red cabbage indicator at home.
Online Work Online lessons have meant Wingate pupils are working as hard as they do normally in the
classroom - in fact some of our amazing pupils have been pushing themselves so much they
have been working harder than normal! Below is a selection of some of the amazing work
produced by different KS3 pupils:
English
Cesar´s (year 9) alternative Valentine poem:
¨I wanna be yours¨ poems - Year 9 pupils took a famous 20th century poem where
the poet compares himself to everyday objects, but updates it for the 21st Century:
Lily (year 9) has produced a number of excellent poems, many on hard-hitting and
important issues. Below is one of these poems:
Year 9 pupils also wrote poems about love, below is a selection:
In English, year 9 pupils have become directors! They have been giving stage
directions and planning the costumes of different characters in ¨Än Inspector Calls¨
Below are some screenshots from Alexine´s wonderful directing debut!
Mansi also put her own spin on how she would direct ¨An Inspector Calls¨
Science
Year 7 pupils have been looking at a number of topics including solids, liquids and
gases and how our ideas changed over time. Below is Lucas´ newspaper from 400BC
about an early greek philosopher:
Year 7s have also been looking at variation and classification, Clara produced an
excellent slideshow on this topic, below is an extract from it:
Year 8 scientists have been learning all about the rock cycle, Helene produced this
excellent summary diagram:
Spanish
In Spanish pupils have been working equally hard, with oral, written and listening
lessons! Below is a selection of some of the work produced:
Zulaya´s (year 8) inforgrafia promoting Wingate School :
Lucas´s (year 8) infografia promoting Wingate School:
An excellent piece of writing from Pola (year 8)
Lapo and Pablo (year 9) celebrating Dia del Madre in Spanish
Lapo Pablo
Normal celebrations were sadly not possible this year for Dia de Canarias, but in
Spanish pupils were able to celebrate it in different ways.
Below are some examples of what pupils produced to celebrate
Clara (year 7) Shania (year 7)
History
Mr Reilly described Mansi´s (year 9) history essay as probably the best KS3 History
essay a student has produced!
He was very impressed!
Below is an extract from the essay:
Art
Some of the art work produced by pupils over the lockdown has been so
impressive, below is a selection:
Finley and Chema (year 7) created ¨Food Art¨ inspired by Wayne Thiebaud
Himank (year 7) drew this beautiful landscape:
A family portrait by Adriana in year 8
A portrait by Issy in year 8
A digital collage by Millie W in year 8
Lady with Ermine - updated for lockdown by Asier (year 9)
Year 9 surrealism by Donatile (left) and April (right) both in year 9
Music
Students from years 7, 8 and 9 have been creating beautiful compilations in music -
watch the online version of Wingate´s Got Talent to see some of the performances.
Below are some screenshots to give you a preview!
Talent Masterclass As well as pupils continuing to complete class work, we have also tried to engage
pupils with extra curricular activities in the Talent Masterclass. We asked pupils to
post videos of themselves teaching something to others. We had a great response
from pupils. Below are some screenshots from their fantastic videos:
Abiha (year 7) showed off her amazing cookery skills with these lovely carrot
cupcakes:
Amelia (year 8) informed the pupils on the 2nd of April it was Autism Awareness Day! Impressively she set herself the task of relearning Makaton, a sign language used by some disabled people, in addition to BSL .She also added a video for anyone wanting to learn more about Autism. What an asset to Wingate School she is!
Gina (year9) showed us her skills, making an origami heart!
Lapo taught us all how to make a game on Scratch
Joanna (year 9) and Millie W (year 8) both taught us how to draw a face
Alex (year 9) taught us a Tik Tok dance
Students of the term It has been a very tough term with online lessons but many students have shone!
The following pupils have been commended by a number of teachers from different
areas of the curriculum for their determination and effort throughout - well done!
Year 7
Mathilda, Milo, Jemima, Alain, Maria G, Abiha and Chema
Year 8
Sohana, Skye, Lucrezia, Helene and Zulaya
Year 9
Joanna, Seb, Mansi and Donatile
Lastly I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the teachers who have
worked so hard this year and continued with their amazing lessons over lockdown.
The pupils have not stopped learning and will not be behind academically because
of the hard work you have put in!
A special mention to Mr Reilly, who I am sure both the pupils and his fellow
members of staff will miss, as he moves on to pastures new next year! Good Luck in
your new job!
