The Woodhey Bulletin...The Woodhey Bulletin No.108 A NEWSLETTER FROM WOODHEY HIGH SCHOOL Dec 2012 Snow falling softly to the ground like a feather floating Never forget that it‘s

The Woodhey Bulletin A NEWSLETTER FROM WOODHEY HIGH SCHOOL No.108 Dec 2012

Snow falling softly to the ground like a feather floating

Never forget that it‘s ok for your bellies to be bloating

On Christmas Morn, children get up at dawn

Wait for their parents, to show them the lawn

Freezing, glistening and full of snow

Last night you heard Santa, ho, ho, ho

A turkey in the oven for Christmas Dinner

Keeping us on tender hooks, I won‘t be thinner!

Engaging in games and conversations too

Sometimes I wish it could be Christmas every day, don‘t you?

Charis Lane 9A Lauren Nicholas 9A

Dear Parents/Carers

At the end of another extremely busy and productive Autumn Term, I want to thank you on behalf of all the pupils and staff at Woodhey for the exceptional support you have offered in so many ways this year. It is, as always, much appreciated. Our academic results this year were excellent - amongst the best the school has ever achieved. Thanks for your support and encouragement in helping your sons/daughters to achieve and in many cases exceed their targets.

I always reflect at this time of year on the marvellous charitable deeds of our young-sters. This year has been especially productive with several thousand pounds raised for local, national and international charities. In a time of growing materialism and com-mercialism it is heartening to see so many young people genuinely caring for the well being of others less fortunate than themselves.

We always try to emphasise the importance of positive relationships through kindness, understanding and courtesy. These qualities are particularly relevant over the Christ-mas period when we hope all our pupils will show an act of kindness to someone in the local community.

May I take this opportunity to wish you, your family and your friends a happy, restful Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

M Braidley, Headteacher

—The Woodhey Bulletin Dec 2012

Bikes in School

Any pupils coming to school on a bike MUST wear a cycle hel-met. Their bike should also have been checked by a parent/carer to ensure that it is roadworthy. We have had instances recently where the brakes were certainly not in good condition. We want to encourage pupils to be active, but need them to be safe.

Thank you for your support in this matter.

M Braidley

Please be aware that there is no money kept in the office to lend to pupils.

Holiday Pattern 2012-2013

Close Open

2012

Christmas Fri 21/12/2012 Tues 08/01/2013

2013 Spring Term Fri 08/02/2013 Mon 18/02/2013

Easter Thurs 21/03/2013 Mon 08/04/2013

Half Term Fri 24/05/2013 Mon 03/06/2013

Summer Fri 19/07/2013

*Please note that the holiday pattern can also be found on the

school website under the section ’About Us’.

The Woodhey Bulletin Dec 2012 – Page 3

―Operation Christmas Child‖ has shown the generous, community minded, caring spirits of our students and staff once again! Woodhey High School has wrapped and packed 211 shoeboxes filled with a multitude of gifts to be sent to children in Swaziland. We have also collected an additional £142. This is a fantastic effort and we should all be proud.

The Shoebox appeal gives those growing up in relative wealth the opportunity to participate in selfless giving and show compassion to others - irrespective of creed, colour, religion, sex or ethnicity of ei-ther the giver or the receiver.

Students have worked together to wrap and pack these shoeboxes. One year 9 form contributed over 20 boxes! An individual student brought in 5 boxes. Values of compassion and fairness, among oth-ers, are seen here.

J Hides

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Our Anglo French Skype adventure

Since the start of term Year 8HKP set 2 French have been lucky enough to have

penpals at our French link school, Collège Juliette Adam. This link has culminated this

term in two Skype meetings between our classes. We have two accounts of our expereince.

The first is from Madame Dandrimont, the English teacher in France :

« Mr Barlow, one of his sets, I and my year 8 in Gif sur Yvette –France- have lately

made an extraordinary experiment, the Skype adventure.

Skyping their pen friends whom they had been in touch with for two months already has been a

tremendous experience for my French students. Fifteen minutes of greetings, making contact,

asking questions and good laughs. Everyone agreed that it was like secretly opening a window

directly into another world, a new universe, England itself ! As everyone from their sides of the

Skype window decided to take up the challenge to speak a different language, make themselves

understand no matter how difficult, meant a lot to Mr Barlow and me. English accent or French

verbs were no longer a problem. On the contrary, speaking a foreign language was luckily useful

at last !

After our 15-minute skyping adventure most of my French pupils spent break time in the

classroom to talk about what they had just experienced. No need to tell you that they feel very

much motivated to skype their English pen friends from Woodhey High School again soon. So

far, new ideas have germinated in Mr Barlow’s and my minds for next time our classes skype.

Coming soon : songs and games in both languages.

Thank you Woodhey High School and see you again via our Skype window very soon. »

Emmanuelle Dandrimont, teacher of English at Juliette Adam School, Gif sur Yvette

Josh Hudson, 8Hoyle also shares his expereinces :

« We have been speaking

to Madame Dandrimont

and her class via Skype

and we have also ex-

changed letters and

Christmas cards. The link

with the school in France

has been fun and a good

expereince. It is also inte-

resting to see French

handwriting and find out

about people from another

country ! »

The Woodhey Bulletin Dec 2012 -Page 5

SCIENCE - STEM Activities Week

Numerous STEM (Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Mathematics) took place over the half term.

Year 7 took part in the rollercoaster

challenge organised by Miss Rees.

The activity took place over 6

lunchtimes, with pupils working in

teams of four. Each team had access

to everyday items to build their roller-

coaster and their aim was to keep

their marble off the ground for the

longest time. It was a close competi-

tion with two teams eventually being

named as joint winners.

Amber Hewitt, Laura Moppett, Madeleine Dearden and Rebecca White show off their Rollercoaster.

The pupils of year 8 had two opportunities to get involved. The whole year took part in the Architecture Bridge building challenge day, where they had to combine mathematical thinking with design and construction skills. They worked collaboratively, relying on the varied skills in their group to produce a bridge with the largest span. 50 pupils took part in the egg crash challenge where they worked in a team to design and develop a car that could undergo impact without the passengers being seriously injured or cracked! They were then marked on their design and their presentation with Georgia

Pretlove-Smith, Sammi Butler, Rebecca McCann, Olivia Swarbrick and Paige Wild be-ing named as overall winners.

A successful crash?

In year 9, fifty pupils took part in the wind tur-

bine challenge. This helped to develop the

understanding for the need for renewable

energy. The day followed the pattern of the

egg crash challenge, with the pupils working

in teams competing against other pupils, de-

veloping ideas, constructing prototypes and

managing resources as they produced a tur-

bine which was capable of producing the most

electricity. Jack Coxen, Jack Bennett, Josh

Alexander and Harrison Foster were judged to

be the overall winners.

Continued on Page 18.

Ellie Morgan and Megan Woodcock seeing how much electricity their turbine produced.


Spanglovision

Oh, what fun we had!

On the afternoon of Thursday 18 October, the Year 7 pupils, all dressed in yel-low and red for this special occasion, took part in our 3

rd Spanglovision contest.

This is primarily a singing competition which over the years has become more of a singing and dancing event for the enjoyment of all the Year 7 pupils who were both spectators as well as contestants. This day was the culmination of a great deal of hard work from all the Year 7 Spanish teachers who had to teach the Spanish words of their chosen song to their respective class, as well as choreograph their dancing routine for the most adventurous ones!

Once everyone was sitting comfortably in the Frank Bennett hall, our Spanglovision host Señor Barlow introduced the three judges, Mr Baines, Mrs King and Mrs Burdaky. As the afternoon progressed, the atmosphere in the hall was hotting up since all the young spectators were cheering loudly for their form. However, these same pupils were also good sports since they encour-aged one another by joining in the singing and even the dancing throughout the afternoon. To add to the spirit of the occasion, Carlos our mystery guest, provid-ed some entertainment for pupils and staff in between the performances with his hilarious Spanish jokes. Finally, when all seven forms had performed and after long deliberations, the judges decided that there would be a tie for first place between 7AKE singing ―La Bamba‖ and 7RHO singing ―Living La Vida Loca‖. 7AKE‘s teacher Señora Rothwell and 7RHO‘s teacher Mrs Edwards were very excited, each one hoping that her class would win. After more singing and dancing, at long last the judges made a decision and declared that 7AKE were the winners of the 2012 Spanglovision contest!

All the Year 7 pupils had a most enjoyable and exciting Spanish afternoon which they will remember fondly for many years to come.

Here are some comments made by our Year 7 pupils after the event.

-―I liked everything about the competition! It was great!

-―Spanglovision was fun and I liked dancing and listening to other classes‘ songs. My favourite song was ― La Copa De l‘Amor‖ because it was really catchy!‖

- ―It was great to win with the song ―La Bamba‖ and to make our teacher proud. It was tough to choreograph as a lot of pupils do not dance, but it worked out well after a while‖

Thank you to Megan Handy and Isobel Jemmot for their contributions to this article.

A big thank you to all the staff involved for making our Spanglovision contest such a success!

Mrs D. Rothwell

Mobile Phones

Please be aware that any pupil seen with their mobile phone out in the school building during the hours of school will have the phone confis-cated. Phones can then be collected by the pupil at the end of school on Friday or by their parent/carer at any time.

We appreciate that a mobile phone has be-come a useful, and in some cases vital, piece of modern equipment. We are also keen to embrace any technology that enhances learn-ing. Currently however, mobile phones can be a distraction and as valuable items are at risk of damage or theft.

Please note that:

We have clocks throughout the school if pupils wish to know the time;

Pupils should bring appropriate calcu-lators for relevant lessons;

Homework diaries are available for noting any diary events;

In case of an emergency, pupils may ask a teacher/the office if they need to make a call out of school.

We therefore consider that there is no need for any child to use their phone during the school day. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Brian Roadnight, Deputy Headteacher

Basic School Equipment

We would appreciate it if all parents/carers made sure that their child was provided with the neces-sary equipment for school each day.

The items which we regard as essential include:-

Pens (at least two)

Pencils (at least two)

Eraser

Pencil Sharpener

Ruler

Geometry equipment/set

Calculator (available to purchase from the Maths Department

The following would also be useful:-

Highlighter pen(s)

Glue Stick

Named pencil case/box

For ART we would also like pupils to have the following specialist equipment:-

1 x HB pencil

1 x 2H pencil

1 x 2B pencil

30cm ruler

Black biro

Small pair of scissors

1 x Pritt Stick

Set of 12 or 18 coloured pencil crayons

Medium black outline pens (1 broad, 1 fine)

If desired, pupils could have a separate pencil case for their Art equipment, but they would also need to have their eraser, ruler and pencil sharp-ener for Art lessons.

Thank you for your support and co-operation in this matter.

B Roadnight

Igo Cards for cheaper bus

travel

It is essential that pupils have an igo card in order for them to trav-el on the bus at the cheaper rate.

Students can download an appli-cation form from the TfGM web-site or they can pick one up from any TfGM Travelshop.

The Woodhey Bulletin Dec 2012—Page 7


Polite Notice

Parents/Carers

We expect all of our pupils to come to school fully prepared by bringing with them the equipment they need for their lessons. This is one of the many respon-sibilities they need to learn as they grow through high school.

Please support us with this by encourag-ing them to take this responsibility and not deliver forgotten items during the school day. Any pupils who do ask for/collect items will be given a minor referral as they would by their teachers, for for-gotten items.

(3 minor referrals = a detention)

Thank you for your co-operation.

Please be reminded: It is clearly in your child‘s interest that school holds up-to-date contact telephone numbers and email addresses (if appropriate) for ALL nominated contact persons allocated to your child.

In order that school can continue to provide the best care for your child, PLEASE MAKE SURE your numbers and those of others

nominated by you are up-to-date.

Thank you for your cooperation in this very important matter.

Mr Cutting,

Assistant Headteacher

Sponsored Walk

Thank you to all who supported this event in September you have helped to raise a fantastic £15,752.71. This money will be used to purchase a pupil shelter (to be locat-ed outside the Frank Bennett Hall, circular picnic tables and seats, walled seating and gym equipment).

The draw for the IPad will take place in the Christmas Assembly on the last day of term, Friday 21 December.

The form that raised the most money was 8C who raised £999.50

The pupil who raised the most money was Katie Knight 7MBA who raised £162.00

The year group that raised the most money was Yr 7 who raised £5,242.64


Prescribed Medication for

Pupils

Some children are prescribed medication which they need to bring into school to be taken during the day. Please make sure that they have a signed letter from parents/carers giv-ing permission for them to do what is required. We cannot accept this medication with-out this signed permission. Medicine can be left in the of-fice, but it will be your child‘s responsibility to take the rele-vant doses and collect at the end of the school day.

Thank you.

Mr Cutting, Assistant Headteacher

In the interests of safety for all your children, please do not drive onto the school site to drop off your child after 8.15am, or to collect them before 3.30pm. The increase in traffic is creating concern that there could be a terrible accident. Anyone not respecting this new request will be asked to move.

Medical Room Procedure

If you feel unwell while in school, can you please note the following proce-dure:-

If you are in class, speak to your teacher and explain that you feel unwell

At break or lunch, see your Form Teacher or Head of Year

Your teacher will give you a note to bring to the main office

Report to the office and hand in your teacher‘s note

The staff in the office will then contact your parents on your behalf - please do not phone your parents yourself

Once a member of staff has spoken to your parents, they will inform you as to who will be collecting you.

Thank you.


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Pupils must wear appropriate Pupils must wear appropriate

trainers for PE. They must trainers for PE. They must

have good grips and provide have good grips and provide

adequate ankle support. They adequate ankle support. They

must not must not be the school shoes.be the school shoes.

R Horne and A HarperR Horne and A Harper

PE Kit

Can you please ensure that all items of PE kit are clearly labelled with your child‘s name.

Page 12—The Woodhey Bulletin Dec 2012

P.E. GO I.T. FRIENDLY!

The PE Department are now uploading results, team news and

photos of events to the PE section of the website. Please log

on to woodhey.bury.sch.uk, click on the subject‘s link and

choose PE. You can then view results and match reports or

click on the gallery to see photos.

Rugby

Well done to the Year 7, 8 and 9 teams who have all had fantas-tic seasons so far. The Year7‘s are currently top of the Bury School‘s League and the Year 8 and 9 teams have both made it successfully through the group stages of the Lancashire Emerg-ing School‘s Cup. Hopefully this form will continue in the second half of the season.

Football

Well done to the Year 10 football team who beat Tottington H.S. in a nail biting first round of the Bury School‘s Cup. With the scores level at full time the match was taken to penalties. First to step up was Jack Worsick who scored a confident and well placed effort. Tom Owen and Daniel Spence followed suit and, with Tottington missing 1 penalty and Harry Jones saving one, it left Tom Coulson to finish the job.

Let‘s hope the boys can make it through the next 2

rounds to earn their first experience of playing at Gigg

Lane! Well done.


Indoor Athletics

Congratulations to the

Year 7 Indoor Athletics

team who, on week 1,

produced some fantastic

performances both on the

track and in the field to

earn their place in the

Bury School‘s final. They

then repeated this form on week 2, taking the competition to its

closest ever finish. Just 2 points separated the top 3 teams and

unfortunately it was Woodhey‘s turn to claim the bronze medal.

The pupils were a credit to each other and to the school. Well

done.

Congratulations to the Year 8 Indoor Athletics team who also

made an impressive start to the defence of their title as Bury

School‘s Champions. They won the first round of their competition

by an impressive 30 points and now take their well-deserved

place in the final. Good luck to all pupils involved and hopefully

we can repeat the success of last year.

Thank You

Thank you to all the parents and staff who contribute to sport at

Woodhey and make it possible to offer pupils so much extra-

curricular activity. On many occasions this term the amount of

after school sport taking place has been incredible. On one

particular day we had 2 rugby matches, 1 football match, 2 net-

ball matches and a hockey match all taking place at the same

time! Without the support of parents to give lifts and staff from

other subjects taking teams this clearly would not be possible.

Thank you again and please continue to give your support.


Senior Girls Hockey

The girls have exceeded expectation this year. They are not only unbeat-en in Bury, but they have not con-ceded a goal. They won the Bury Schools league and also the Bury Schools Cup. A special mention has to be made to Ashleigh Kay as she scored an impressive 9 goals in the Senior Tournament. Amazing girls, well done!

The team:- Poppy Barber (captain), Emily Topping, Ashleigh Kay, Jess Bryant, Nat Cross, Moira Davies, Ellie Clarke, Alex McAuley, Josie Sproson, Lauren Stevenson, Sophie Heaton, Heather Jones, Ellie Williams, Jess Calderbank, Sarah Payne, Sophie Olpin, Molly Gill.

Trampolining

The team competed in the North West Regional Schools Trampoline Championships.

The under 13 girls were:

Hermione Trees came 33rd out of 69

Jess Kelly came 35th out of 69

Jade Coleman came 38th out of 69

Ellie Gough came 44th out of 69

They came 10/17, well done girls.

The under 15 girls were:

Melissa Belk came 18th out of 81

Georgina Lowthian came 27th out of 81

Lauren Burgess came 36th out of 81

Ellie Kelly came 44th out of 81

They came 9/17 team a great effort ladies

The under 15 boys were:

Joe Ball came 12th

Tom Varley came 16th

Tom Tomlinson came 20th

This is the first year a boys team has been entered and they did us proud, well done lads!

Heather Jones competed in the Elite category for the under 15 girls and came 30th. Ellie Clarke competed in the under 19 girls category and came 35th. Well done girls.


Girls Football On 27 November 2012, 8 girls travelled to Heywood Sports Village to take part in an

U13 Girls 6-a-side football competition against schools from Greater Manchester.

Team: Lizzie Lucas, Kiera

Lynchey, Isobel Jemmot, Erin

Griffiths, Jessica Patten-

Murphy, Jenna Jowett, Chloe

Frost, Alicia Hoyle (Captain)

Despite the freezing conditions the girls managed to completely out play every team in their group beating St Gabriels 2-0 ; Swinton 2-0; Irlam and Cadishead 3-0 and Elton 2-1. (Goals from Lizzie Lucas x 5, Alicia x 3, Chloe)

The semi-final was against runners-up from Group 2, Tottington. It was a closely fought

game, but with both teams unable to find the net, it went to sudden death penalties. We

missed, they scored, game over. Although it was a disappointing way to end what was

a fantastic tournament for us, the girls had a great day, and proved that they will be a

team to watch out for next year. Player of the tournament – Lizzie Lucas.

Greater Manchester Cup The U14 girls team have had an excellent start to their cup campaign against St

Joseph‘s in the first round, beating them a comfortable 6-0. Goal s were scored by So-phie Law, Ellie Bailey x3, Melissa Cordwell and Georgia White. The player of the match, nominated by the opposition, was Jenna Jowett. Well done to all the girls who take on local rivals Elton in the next round.

Netball Results so far

Yr 7

Squad : Grayce Forsong, Mia Houghton, Isobel Jemmott, Emilia Lambert, Jane Top-ping, Serena Yeung, Freya Dean, Melissa Thompson, Anna Egan, Erin Griffiths

V Elton won 17-2 Player of the match : Emilia Lambert

V St Gabriels won 8-2 Player of the match : Emilia Lambert

Cont/d ...


Yr 8

Squad : Yasmin Boyle, Alice Harrop, Matilda Jones, Georgia Hinchliffe, Jess Kelly, Lois Pearson, Elise Staniland, Scarlett Wilson

V Parrenthorn won 21-6 Player of the match : Elise Staniland

V Prestwich won 15-0 Player of the match : Georgia Hinchliffe

V BGS won 11-9 Player of the match : Lois Pearson

V Elton lost 11-9 Player of the match : Jess Kelly

V St Gabriels lost 10-8 Player of the match : Lois Pearson

Yr 9

Squad :Chloe Fell, Anna Woodcock, Olivia Owens, Isabelle Peters, Sophie Law, Geor-gina Brogan, India Barrington, Melissa Cordwell, Georgia White, Ellie Bailey

V Parrenthorn won 19-4 Player of the match : Melissa Cordwell

V Prestwich lost 11-10 Player of the match : Chloe Fell

V BGS lost 25-4 Player of the match : Anna Woodcock

Yr 10

Squad: Ellie Williams, Heather Jones, Sarah Payne, Lia Bradley, Lauren Stevenson, Ellie Kelly, Nina Smith, Kirstie Hunter

V St Monicas lost 19-12 Player of the match : Kirstie Hunter

V BGS lost 16-12 Player of the match : Lauren Stevenson

V St Gabriels draw 7-7 Player of the match : Nina Smith

R Horne

Don‘t forget to look on the school website for all the

latest news from the

PE Department


Form Merit Totals

September 2012 to

November 2012

Form Total

7AHA 2518

7 RHO 3340

7 JHI 2844

7 MBA 3567

7DDE 2380

7 AKE 2509

7 DHO 2289

8 ASHTON 2904

8CALROWS 2522

8 GRANT 1497

8 HOYLE 1966

8 KAY 2565

8 PEEL 1555

9 ASHTON 2179

9 CALROWS 2958

9 GRANT 1965

9 HOYLE 2003

9 KAY 1991

9 PEEL 1557

10 ASHTON 1048

10CALROWS 998

10GRANT 899

10 HOYLE 971

10 KAY 938

10 PEEL 922

11ASHTON 731

11 CALROWS 586

11 GRANT 781

11 HOYLE 679

11 KAY 535

11 PEEL 694

HOUSE TOTALS

House Total

Hoyle 9625

Peel 8435

Kay 9298

Ashton 9978

Calrows 9788

Grant 7767

Grand Total 54891


Science - Stem Activities continued from Page 5

P.E. managed to get involved by run-

ning an interactive Science in sport

workshop, which was aimed mainly at

KS 4 pupils. The pupils were able to

see the need and benefits of innova-

tive technology in modern sport, while

calculating their sporting attributes and

having lots of fun.

Using Physics to calculate power.

To ensure STEM remains high on the agenda rocket club has started with a group of enthusiastic year 7‘s taking the challenge to make the biggest and best rockets. Other Stem clubs will be starting in the New Year, so keep an eye out to get involved.

Mr Plunkett STEM Coordinator

Dark Chocolate & Cranberry Roulade

Moderately Easy - Serves 10

Ingredients for the Sponge For the filling

1 tbsp plain flour, for dusting 2x250g tubs mascarpone

50g self-raising flour grated zest 1 orange

1 tsp baking powder 300g jar good-quality cranberry sauce

25g good-quality cocoa powder

50g ground almonds For the frosting

5 large eggs 200g good-quality dark chocolate,

100g caster sugar, plus extra for broken into pieces

Turning the cake out 175g unsalted butter, softened

50g icing sugar, sifted

To Decorate

Cranberry and bay leaves,optional icing sugar, to dust


1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter a large (approx. 30 cm x 40 cm). Swiss roll tin and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Lightly butter the parchment, dust with the plain flour and tip out any excess.

2. Sift the self-raising flour, baking powder and cocoa into a bowl and mix in the ground almonds. Put the eggs and caster sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat, using an electric hand-whisk or tabletop mixer, for 5-10 mins until pale, thick and trebled in volume. The mixture should leave a trail when the beaters are lifted out. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture using a large metal spoon. Pour into the prepared tin, then tip the tin from side to side until it is covered in an even layer of batter and the corners are filled. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 12-15 mins or until firm to the touch. Meanwhile, lay a sheet of baking parchment on the work surface and sprinkle with caster sugar.

3. Allow the sponge to cool for 1 min before turning out onto the sugared paper. Peel away the backing paper and, with the short side facing you, roll the sponge away from you so that the sugary parchment is rolled inside the roulade. This will help you to fill and roll it later. Set aside until completely cold.

4. To make the filling, beat the mascarpone with the orange zest. Unroll the sponge, discard the inside paper and evenly spread the mascar-pone over, leaving a finger-width border around the edges. Cover with the cranberry sauce. Using the outside baking paper to help, roll the sponge away from you as tightly as possible. Transfer to a serving plat-ter, cover loosely and chill while you prepare frosting.

5. For the frosting, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of just-simmering water, or microwave on High for 2 mins, stirring halfway through. Set aside for about 10 mins until cooled, but still soft.

6. Meanwhile, beat the butter and icing sugar together until pale and smooth. Pour in the chocolate and stir thoroughly to combine. Set aside for 20 mins to firm up slightly before using a palette knife to cover the roulade in frosting. Mark with a fork to create a log effect. To deco-rate, arrange the cranberries and bay leaves along the length of the log. Dust with a little icing sugar just before serving. Cut into slices, remov-ing cranberries and bay leaves to serve. The roulade can be made up to a day ahead. Take it out of the fridge at least 30 mins before you want to serve it, to allow the filling and icing to soften.

The Woodhey Bulletin is published twice a term by Woodhey High School, Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom Lancs. BL0 9QZ. Further details about any event can be obtained by contacting the School on 01706 82 5215 or by fax on 01706 82 5989. The Woodhey web site is at www.woodhey.bury.sch.uk

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Fri 21 Dec - School closes

Mon 7 Jan 2013 - PAD Day

Tues 8 Jan - School re-opens

Wed 9 Jan - Yr 10 & 11 Core Science Biology am

Thurs 10 Jan - Yr 11 Business Studies Unit 1 am

Yr 11 GCSE English resits - pm

Mon 14 Jan - Yr 10 & Yr11 Core Science

Chemistry am

Tues 15 Jan - Yr 11 Leisure & Tourism am

Wed 16 Jan - Yr 11 English Literature am

Thurs 17 Jan - Yr 10 & Yr 11 Core Science

Physics pm

Mon 21 Jan - Yr 11 MFL GCSE Writing Tests

All week

Tues 22 Jan - Yr 11 Additional Science

Biology am

Wed 23 Jan - Yr 11 History Unit 1 resit -am

Thurs 24 Jan - Yr 11 Additional Science

Chemistry - am

Fri 25 Jan - Yr 11 Additional Science

Physics –pm

Tues 29 Jan - GCSE Art Exam Issued

Yr 9 Curriculum Evening

Wed 30 Jan - Yr 9 & Yr 10 UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge am (prov)

Thurs 31 Jan - Yr 10 Science Controlled Assessment

am & pm

Tues 5 Feb - Yr 11 Science Controlled Assess ment am & pm

Wed 6 Feb - Yr 10 Booster Vaccinations am & pm

Thurs 7 Feb - Yr 10 Science Controlled Assessment

am & pm

Fri 8 Feb - KS3 China Day (prov)

School Closes for half term

Mon 18 Feb - School re-opens

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