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  • 20/02/23

    STEM GIRLS GET SET

    On Wednesday 8th February, Year 8 Students began their accreditation for the Industrial Bronze Cadet Awards. These are run in collaboration with Baker Hughes, GE Healthcare & GE Vernova. The sessions incorporated 'Energy Transition' and were a mixture of company presentations and ha...
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 11 GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP

    Our year 11 students have been participating in a variety of Geography Fieldtrips over the course of the last few weeks with the final due to take place on Tuesday 21st February.  These Fieldtrips consist of both physical and human fieldwork. These trips have seen the studen...
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 11 PGL REVISION WEEKEND

    To help our Year 11 students reach the very highest of standards, we organised a weekend long residential revision programme to equip them with the necessary skills to revise and best prepare for their formal GCSE examinations.  The revision residential took place at Marchants Hill and...
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  • 20/02/23

    READING SCHOLARS PROGRAM

    Some of our Sixth Form students will be taking part in the Reading Scholars program as part of our "super curriculum"  The Reading Scholars programme aims to give Year 12 students a real taste of life as a university undergraduate and provides practical support...
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 7 & 8 FOOTBALL

    A team of our Year 7&8 girls had a tough away match against Langley Grammar during the week of 16th January. Despite losing 3-0 the girls gave a good account of themselves and competed well. No doubt this was a good learning experience for them.
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  • 20/02/23

    INTER-FORM DODGEBALL

    During the week commencing 16th January, we delivered the inter-form dodgeball competitions after school. There was a great atmosphere and lots of sportsmanship.  
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 7 MULTI SKILLS PE FESTIVAL

    During the morning of Thursday 19th January, we took a small group of Year 7 students to participate in a multi-skills PE event hosted at The Centre in Slough by the Slough School Sport Network. The aim of this event was to provide students with the opportunity to try some alternative activities bey...
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 11-13 VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM

    On Thursday 19th January, our Year 11, 12 & 13 Art students enjoyed a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum. T The purpose of this trip was to support the controlled assessment and contribute to their primary research.
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  • 20/02/23

    YEAR 10 BTEC

    On Friday 13th January  our Year 10 BTEC Music Practice class went to see the production of &Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre, this was very though provoking and the students had a fantastic time and thoroughly enjoyed the jukebox musical which featured a diverse cast. 
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  • 31/01/23

    STRIKE ACTION BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION UNION

    Strike action by the National Education Union Arrangements for 1st February The School will be partially closed/open on 1st February.   In line with the Department for Education’s advice I have offered places to parents who are critical workers. Thank you to those parents...
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  • 08/12/22

    YEAR 9 PRINCE'S TRUST ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE

    On Wednesday 7th December, 60 Year 9 students took part in the Prince's Trust Enterprise Challenge,  During the day the students gained an understanding of the world of work and developed valuable transferable skills of teamwork, problem-solving, communication, creative thinking and resilie...
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  • 24/11/22

    YR9 STEM - GENERAL ELECTRIC HEALTHCARE WEEK

    During the week of Monday 7th November through to Friday 11th November our Year 9 students were fortunate to be part of the General Electric Healthcare week. During this week they took part in a number of Careers and STEM related workshops which included branding, marketing, CV preparation a...
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  • 11/11/22

    YEAR 9 FOOTBALL

    On Wednesday 9th November, our Year 9 football team competed in the cup match against Langley Grammar, this was a fantastic match with both teams working hard to gain control of the game and take it to the next level.  By full time we were in a 1-1 draw situation taking us into penalties...
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  • 10/11/22

    6TH FORM -SCHOOLS/STUDENTS AND TEACHERS NETWORK

    During the week of Monday 7th November, our students in the Sixth Form took part in training that covered three different modules by the SSAT - (School Students and Teachers network).  Module 1 Student Leadership Skills (All Students leaders, chair of school council and future leader...
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  • 04/11/22

    YEAR 8 FENCING FESITIVAL

    On Thursday 3rd November, ten of the Year 8 students participated in a fencing festival, this was a great enrichment opportunity that took them out of their comfort zone and into 'stretch'. The children were able to try a new activity, learn about the rules, regulations and terminology...
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  • 04/11/22

    YR 12 SAFE DRIVE STAY ALIVE

    On Tuesday 1st November, our sixth form students attended the Safe Drive Stay Alive conference at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. Safe Drive Stay Alive is about making young people aware of the many dangers they face and the impact of their actions behind the wheel on themselves, their fri...
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  • 03/11/22

    PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS

    Students are now able to take part peripatetic Music lessons.  Currently, we are able to offer Guitar, Piano and Singing Lessons. These are delivered by visiting tutors.  Letters are available in the Art Room.  
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  • 21/10/22

    6TH FORM STEM EVENTS

    On Tuesday 18th October, Dr Michael Mulholland was welcomed to our school as a guest speaker for our Year 12 and 13 Scientist students. He spoke about his journey in becoming a GP and the journey he followed in becoming the Honorary Secretary of the Royal College of General Practitioners, he also sp...
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  • 21/10/22

    YEAR 7 STEM EVENT

    On Thursday 20th October our Year 7 Students took part in 4 STEM British Army workshops, these were centred around designing and building robots to locate the victims of an earthquake as part of disaster relief. The students were thoroughly engaged and participated with enthusiasm. This was fol...
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  • 21/10/22

    YEAR 11 MAZIMIZE WORKSHOP

    On Tuesday 18th October, we welcomed back Jeremy Dry from Maximize your Potential, who delivered an excellent study skills and revision workshop to our Year 11 students. 'Maximize your Potential' work with schools up and down the country with the aim of equipping stu...
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  • 13/10/22

    GCSE PHOTOGRAPHY

    GCSE Photography students have been exploring the effects of shutter speed and aperture and how they can record and freeze movement.  They had great fun 'drawing with light' and popping water balloons.  
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  • 13/10/22

    MODELLING GOOD READING

    Research suggests, young children whose parents read them one book a day will hear about 290,000 more words by age 5 than those who don't regularly read books with a parent or carer. This significant ‘word gap' could be one key in explaining differences in vocabulary and reading develo...
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  • 10/10/22

    YEARS 7-10 SPELLING BEE

    The 2022 Wexham Spelling Bee began on Tuesday 4th October. This involved students from year groups 7 through to 10, competing in their initial round. The finalists (one student from each form) will be competing in the grand final which is being held on Tuesday 11th Octo...
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  • 10/10/22

    YEAR 11 - MYTUTOR

    On Wednesday 5th October, it was the re-launch of the online tutoring lessons, run by MyTutor. A total of 30 students from this year group have been selected, with the aim of boosting their grades and progress in either GCSE Maths, English Language, Literature or Combined Science. This week, th...
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  • 22/09/22

    YEAR 7 CRICKET FESTIVAL

    On Wednesday 21st September we hosted the Year 7 cricket festival for Slough schools. This was led by coaches from the Berkshire Cricket Foundation, and supported by some of our Year 9 sports leaders. It was friendly competition designed to be an introduction to cricket. Five Slough s...
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