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Fr iday 9th March 2018
WESTFIELD NEWS
Next week is
Week 2
on the timetable.
Parents Evening
Dates
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Thursday 15th March – Yr 10
Thursday 22nd March –Yr 7
Wednesday 28th March –Yr 8
This week in English the Year 11
students have been busy creating
revision products. We borrowed a
revision task from the History
department, where the challenge
was to summarise the plot
of Jekyll and Hyde, broken
down chapter by chapter, using a
series of images and as few
words as possible. A huge well
done to the winner, Erin Turner,
who created a stunning
masterpiece. Well done to Raafay
Sultan who was a
strong contender and who stole
second place. Keep it up Year 11!
Despite the valiant efforts of the premises staff, teaching staff and students, Westfield unfortunately had to close for a day
because of the extreme weather conditions. Staff battled against the elements to try and keep the pathways clear and the
site safe but the ’Beast from the East’ was just too much for us!
The students were a credit to themselves and us by first of all making it in to school and then leaving in a sensible manner
at the end of school.
Hopefully, that is the worst of the winter done and we can start looking forward to the summer sun.
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This week the Beauty
department took our
sixth form girls to
Professional beauty
London. We had a great
day looking at all the new
trends for 2018 and the
fashionable colours and
techniques for this
summer. We had a look
at the All Body Pro
Beauty Competition
entries for this year,
spoke with our exam
board and our girls
purchased products and
equipment to add to
their kits.
On Tuesday 27th February, Westfield were lucky enough
to host our first ever Teen Brain Course for parents.
The session was ran by Jan Crook, a major part of her
role is to support schools in their local community to
help to improve students wellbeing and attainment at
school. This course has been specially designed to help
both parents and professionals to understand the
teenage brain; as the teenage brain is one of the
biggest mysteries of the world! The course provided
parents with information about brain development and
allows the parents to understand their child's brain in a
little more detail; to combat the old teenage phrase of
"you don't understand me!"
Just a reminder about the fabulous resource MyMaths.
All parents and students at Westfield have access to this and it isn’t just for
Key Stage 3.
As part of our subscription we have access to the newly developed A Level
content and as well as using it during lessons, including stretch and challenge
for our top Year 11s, we also encourage all students to use MyMaths to
support their learning. It’s great for homework or revision and has fun games
and activities as well as lessons and worksheets.
Most students are already aware of this but the log in details are:
Username WestfieldCTC Password: Rectangle
A year 10 student took time out to email his teacher “Thank you very much
miss (for the password) - I have been practising on MyMaths and it helps me
out”
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Debate club gets a special appearance from Mr Russell!
Last Wednesday, debate club was taken by storm when Mr Russell popped by to help and ended up performing an
on-the-spot debate that left us all lost for words with its brilliance!
Miss Sefton and Mrs Keys are still very happy to have new members come along – all year groups are welcome each
Wednesday 3-4pm in the 6th form area next to the canteen. So far, we have debated whether or not euthanasia should be
allowed under UK law, whether education is about the grades you leave school with or something more important, and
other controversial topics.
We have been extremely impressed by the quality of our debaters and from September onwards, we will be looking for the
school’s brightest talent to form Westfield’s first EVER debate team that will compete against other schools!
Come along and improve your skills!
See you next Wednesday!
Miss Sefton and Mrs Keys
Plenty of positives up for grabs in English!
Your English teachers are keen to help you expand your
vocabulary horizon! We are aiming to stretch each and every
one of you in each and every English lesson with ‘Challenge
words’ – a selection of ambitious and, you guessed it,
challenging words that link to your learning that week.
You will see these words being written up onto the white
board. We are looking for those of you who make note of
these and most importantly, practise using them in your
verbal responses during class! Each time you correctly use a
challenge word, you will receive a positive. Your parents will
be thinking you have swallowed a dictionary in no time!
Fewer Vs. Less
You know the checkout aisle in the supermarket that says
“10 Items or Less”? That’s technically incorrect. It should
be “10 items or Fewer.
Why?
Because “items” are quantifiable- you can count 10 items.
Use “fewer” for things that you can count, like “fewer
M&Ms” or “fewer road trips”.
Use “less” for things that aren’t quantifiable, like “less
reading” and “less travelling.”
Lower School students have been learning about
International Women’s Day. (8th March)
In an interactive Assembly, led by Ms O’Connor, students
in Years 7, 8 and 9 were asked to vote with their planners
to answer True or False to questions such as
women and men always get paid the same amount for
doing the same job – they have ‘equal pay’.
You have to be female to be a feminist.
We found out that not only (surprisingly) is James Bond a
feminist but there are many other high profile male
feminists including Prince Harry.
Finally, as students read quotes from feminists both male and female, they were issued a challenge, following the example of Malala
Yousafzai – you are never too young to make a difference WHAT WILL YOU DO?
There is a PTA meeting this Wednesday at 6.30pm. Please
come along if you are interested in being involved in
raising money for new equipment and facilities for your
children to use whilst they are at Westfield Academy.
Solution to last week’s problem: This week’s problem:
After a loss against Parmiter's earlier in the season Westfield were looking to bounce back and secure back to back winning
titles in Division 1 and the Premier division in 2 seasons, much like the feat of the late Graham Taylor for Watford F.C. The
boys, showed they deserved the right to be in the division and outperformed and outclassed some other schools. Before
the game Mr. Murphy showed the boys a video sent to him from the GB under 18 coach, Alan Keane, wishing them all luck
in the championship game. The final game was against Watford Boys Grammar, with the winner wearing the crown. In the
game we showed true heart with some high and low points which meant we were up 11 points at half time. The game grew
ever closer in the 4th quarter with the final result being 44-43 to Westfield Academy and their first Premier division trophy
in some years. Mr Murphy would like to thank the squad for their hard work in the season and the support shown in the
final game from the football academy coaches and Mr Meale.
The time to sign up for the chess tournament has now ended.
With over 40 competitors, it is sure to be very exciting!
All entrants will be placed in a knockout bracket.
If you signed up, make sure to come along on Tuesday lunchtime to find out
who you are playing!
If you missed your chance to sign up, let Mr Russell know, and you might be
able to take the spot of a no-show player.
The grand prize will be:
Small trophy to keep
Engraved shield (to be kept until next year)
£50 intu voucher
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